JLPT N1 Advanced
発動
Formally invoking or activating a power, law, or system.
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Other forms
発動する verb form
発動します polite form
発動して te-form
Noun, Suru verb
To Activate / Put into Effect
To put a specific power, law, or mechanism into actual operation or effect.
Example
政府 は 非常事態宣言 を 発動 し た 。
The government declared (lit., activated) a state of emergency.
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