自動化

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 自動化, read じどうか, is built from automatic operation 自動 plus the change suffix 化.
• Basic usage: It means changing a human-performed process so a machine or system carries it out, as in 入力作業を自動化する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Grammar and combinations
  • 自動化が進む describes automation progressing, while 作業を自動化する acts on a process.