Lingaku使う【つかう】
Frequency rank: 113.
- to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
- to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate
- to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
- to use (language); to speak
Godan verb with 'u' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 使う【つかう】Frequency rank: 113.
- 遣う【つかう】Frequency rank: 41,056. – 41,671.
- つかうFrequency rank: 5,097. – 5,099.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use
- to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate
- to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume
- to use (language); to speak
This meaning is used when using a physical item, method, or tool for a specific purpose.
He is using a new mobile phone.
This meaning is used when referring to using people, animals, or puppets for a specific purpose, such as employing them or handling/manipulating them.
This meaning is used when using resources like time or money for a particular action or purpose.
This meaning is used when talking about using a particular language for communication.
Generated collocations (experimental)
つかう使うことができるto be able to useつかいかた使い方how to useどうぐ道具をつかう使うto use a toolおかねお金をつかう使うto spend moneyじかん時間をつかう使うto use timeげんご言語をつかう使うto use languageこうりつてき効率的につかう使うto use efficientlyつかって使ってみるto try usingつかわれる使われるto be usedつかいはたす使い果たすto use upつかいすて使い捨てdisposableつかう使うべきshould useてきせつ適切につかう使うto use appropriatelyのうりつてき能率的につかう使うto use effectivelyつかう使うほうほう方法method to use
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- きごう（どうぐ道具などをきごう）あるもくてき目的のためにやくだたせる役立たせる．.
- かね金やじかん時間、しげん資源などをしょうひ消費する．.
- しんたい身体きのう機能やたいりょく体力などをしょうひ消費する．.
- ずのう頭脳のはたらき働きやはいりょ配慮などをやくだてる役立てる．.
- ぎじゅつ技術やほうほう方法などをりよう利用する．.
- あるもくてき目的のためにひと人をはたらかせる働かせる．.こよう雇用する．.
- きんせん金銭をしょうひ消費する、ついやす費（ついやす）やすこと．.
- ちゅうい注意をはたらかせる働かせる．.
- ことば言葉やもじ文字をもちいて用いて、はなしたり話したりかいたり書いたりする．.
- おくる贈（おくる）る、あたえる与（あたえる）える．.
- じゆうじざい自由自在にうごかす動（うごかす）かす．.あやつる．.
Example sentences
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So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!
In a dictionary like this one there should be at least two sentences with "fridge".
The king was tired of his sycophants always praising him, so he sent them away.
I broke the one I've been using till now this morning while playing with a ball in the room.
It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
People who don't have a computer can't make full use of this MP3 player function.
The grammatical form employed here is the present progressive.
Tektronix's new software perfectly responds to the needs of customers using logic analysers.
Good doctors explain things to patients in easily understandable ways, using anatomical models and such.
MPEG-4 AVC recording practical test: It was always easy to use, now the picture and sound quality is high too.
Precognition is the act of using spiritual-power to know things that will occur in the future.
Using the rudder and the jib with the wind behind it we backed up, turning the bow to the direction we wanted to go.
When speaking about your superiors' actions, you use respectful language.
This example text is a how-to-write sample, so please add to and delete from it as required before using.
Oh, while I remember, it seems that that was a bug that occurs when you use the comment field's 'letter-spacing' tag which adjusts the tracking.
Ah, now I remember. I used a condom; something I rarely, or rather practically never, do.
17. どうし動詞へるぷhelpはつうtoふていし不定詞・げんけいふていし原形不定詞のりょうほう両方をとりますが、くだけたぶんたい文体ではげんけいふていし原形不定詞がおおい多いとされており、このれいぶん例文でもそれがつかわれています使われています。
The verb 'help' takes to-infinitives and bare infinitives but bare infinitives are said to be the most common in casual text; as also used in this example sentence.
Recently there are a lot of young people who don't use respectful language to their superiors.
You know about 'ra-skipped words'? It looks like quite a lot of students are using mistaken words.