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Meaning of 使う in Japanese
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使う, 遣うJLPT 5
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Kana Readingつかう
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Romajitsukau
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `u' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to use (language); to speak
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to take (one's lunch); to circulate (bad money)
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Examples of 使う, 遣う, つかう in a sentence
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今まで使っていたものを今朝部屋でボール遊びをしていて、わってしまったのです。
I broke the one I've been using till now this morning while playing with a ball in the room.
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アジア諸国などから出稼ぎにきた外国人をメイドとして使うのが常識のようになっている。
It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
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The grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.
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テクトロニクスの新ソフトウェアは、ロジック・アナライザを使う顧客のニーズにまさしく応えるものです。
Tektronix's new software perfectly responds to the needs of customers using logic analysers.
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良い医者は患者に説明する時、人体模型を使うなどして、わかりやすく説明してくれる。
Good doctors explain things to patients in easily understandable ways, using anatomical models and such.
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MPEG-4 AVC録画の実力テスト：使いやすさはもとより、画質・音質の実力も高い。
MPEC-4 AVC recording practical test: It was always easy to use, now the picture and sound quality is high too.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 使う
- Plain Polite
- 使います
- Negative
- 使わない
- Negative Polite
- 使いません
Past
- Plain
- 使った
- Plain Polite
- 使いました
- Negative
- 使わなかった
- Negative Polite
- 使いませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 使って
- Plain Polite
- 使いまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 使われる
- Plain Polite
- 使われます
- Negative
- 使われない
- Negative Polite
- 使われません
Related Kanji
13 strokes
dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
On'Yomi: ケン
Kun'Yomi: つか.う, -つか.い, -づか.い, つか.わす, や.る
8 strokes
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
On'Yomi: シ
Kun'Yomi: つか.う, つか.い, -つか.い, -づか.い