使う

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使
つか
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

使う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana つかう, rōmaji tsukau, historical hiragana つかふ)

  1. to use
    • 1933, 三木清, 書物の倫理:
       (ほん) (どう) () (おな)じように使 (つか)べきものであるからである。
      Hon wa dōgu to onaji yō ni tsukau-beki mono de aru kara de aru.
      So a book should be used in the same manner as a tool.
  2. to employ
    • 1915, 夏目漱石, 硝子戸の中:
       (わたし)はその (とき)まだ (かん) () ()使 (つか)っていたのである。
      Watashi wa sono toki mada kangofu o tsukatte ita no de aru.
      I was still employing a nurse at that time.
  3. to make use of, to apply
    • 1908, 徳田秋声, 新世帯:
       (ちょう) ()いや、 (さん) () (さん) () (めし)も、 () (ぶん) () (あたま)とを使 (つか)なければならなかった。
      Chōai ya, sandosando no meshi mo, jibun no te to atama to o tsukawanakereba naranakatta.
      I had to use my head and hands for my budget, my three meals a day, and so on.
  4. to spend
    • 1911, 森鴎外, 雁:
       ()鹿 () (せん)使 (つか)ってはならないぞ。
      Baka na sen o tsukatte wa naranai zo.
      Don't spend money on stupid things!
    • 1929, 佐左木俊郎, 熊の出る開墾地:
      手続 (てつづ)きに使 (つか)った (かね)ぐらい ()しますよ。
      “Tetsuzuki ni tsukatta kane-gurai dashimasu yo.
      I'll cover the procedures.

Conjugation

See also

References

  1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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