Learn in the textbookPointing and Manual Input Devices
DefinitionA joystick (ジョイスティック) inputs directions or movements according to which way you tilt a lever standing on a base.
ExplanationOn many models, the target keeps moving in that direction while the lever is tilted, and some read the tilt angle to change the speed. Besides game controllers, joysticks are used to steer machines such as cranes, as well as wheelchairs.
AnalogyLike the lever on a claw machine: once you let go and it springs back to center, the claw stops moving too.
Memory hook"Stick" in English means a rod. The name itself recalls a device you control by tilting a rod.