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使 : Use

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Components:

use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

On 'yomi:
(shi)
Kun 'yomi:
つか.う(tsuka.u) つか.い(tsuka.i) -つか.い(tsuka.i) -づか.い(zuka.i)
Strokes:8
Radical: (9)
Usage Rating:219
JLPT:N4
old JLPT:3
Grade:3
Unicode:04f7f
jis208:27-40
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使 Usage examples

こき使(こきつかう)
扱き使(こきつかう)
使(こきつかう)
to work someone hard, to push someone around
金の使(かねのしと)how money is used
使命を帯びる(しめいをおびる)to be charged with a mission
使用済み切手(しようずみきって)used stamps
術を使(じゅつをつかう)to practice magic, to practise magic
使(ぞうつかい)elephant trainer
使館付き武官(たいしかんづきぶかん)military officer attached to embassy
使級会談(たいしきゅうかいだん)ambassador-level conference
駐日大使(ちゅうにちたいし)ambassador to Japan
使いにやる(つかいにやる)
使いに遣る(つかいにやる)
to send a person on an errand
使いものにならない(つかいものにならない)
使い物にならない(つかいものにならない)
no use, useless, not fit for its purpose
使いをやる(つかいをやる)to send a messenger
人形を使(にんぎょうをつかう)to manipulate puppets, to pull wires
人を使(ひとをつかう)to employ
検非違使(けいびいし)police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
使いっ走り(つかいっぱしり)
使いっぱしり(つかいっぱしり)
gofer, dogsbody, person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
使(ゆびづかい)fingering (of a musical instrument)
使紛争(ろうしふんそう)industrial (labor-management) dispute (labour), industrial strife
移動大使(いどうたいし)roving ambassador
外交使(がいこうしせつ)diplomat
回線使用料(かいせんしようりょう)connection fee, interconnection fees
使用済み核燃料(しようずみかくねんりょう)
使用済核燃料(しようずみかくねんりょう)
spent nuclear fuel
著作権使用料(ちょさくけんしようりょう)royalties
薬物使(やくぶつしよう)drug use
使交渉(ろうしこうしょう)labor-management negotiation, labour-management negotiation
大天使(だいてんし)archangel
使い出す(つかいだす)to start using, to try out
使いすぎ(つかいすぎ)
使い過ぎ(つかいすぎ)
overuse, overload
堕天使(だてんし)fallen angel, demon, Satan
使双方(ろうしそうほう)both labor and management, both the workers and the employers
使い倒す(つかいたおす)to use within an inch of its life, to use every little bit of, to get the most out of
あごで使(あごでつかう)
顎で使(あごでつかう)
to chatter, to jaw, to jabber
使命感(しめいかん)sense of duty, sense of purpose
居留守を使(いるすをつかう)to pretend to be out
おべっかを使(おべっかをつかう)to suck up to, to curry up to someone
使用中(しようちゅう)busy, in the middle (of)
使(はしづかい)chopstick usage
使(いろづかい)color usage
使い魔(つかいま)familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer), familiar spirit