運転
うんてんする · untensuru · JLPT N4 · noun
drive
🚗 運転 = carry/move (運) + turn/roll (転): moving by turning wheels
運 means to carry or transport (as in 運ぶ, hakobu); 転 means to turn or roll (as in 自転車, bicycle). Driving is transport by rolling. Sound hook: un-ten, like an UN driver counting to TEN before pulling out.
うんてん · unten · JLPT N3 · noun
driving
🚗 運転 = carry + turn: you carry people and turn the wheel
運 means carry or transport, as in 運ぶ (hakobu, to carry). 転 means turn or roll, as in 回転 (kaiten, rotation). Moving something along while turning gives you driving a car or operating a machine.