Vocab Info

N2 Noun, Noun, used as a suffix, Noun, used as a prefix

使(つか)errand, mission, going as envoy, messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl, familiar spirit, use, usage, user, trainer, tamer, charmer

    Dictionary Definition

    Common
    1. Noun

      1.

      errand, mission, going on an errand

    2. Noun

      2.

      messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl

    3. Noun

      3.

      familiar spirit

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    4. Noun, used as a suffix, Noun, used as a prefix

      4.

      use, usage, user, trainer, tamer, handler, charmer

      oft. read づかい when used as a suffix,

    All Forms

    使い 【つかい】遣い 【つかい】

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    Examples

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      (はは)使(つか)()(もの)()く。

      I'm going shopping for my mother's errands.

      • N2

      (となり)国王(こくおう)使(つか)手紙(てがみ)(わた)しに()ました。

      The messenger from the neighboring king came to deliver a letter.

      • N2

      (きつね)農耕(のうこう)神様(かみさま)である稲荷神(いなりのかみ)使(つか)とされています。

      The fox is considered to be a messenger of the Inari God, the deity of agriculture.

      • N2

      突然(とつぜん)他国(たこく)からの使(つか)(あらわ)れたので、(わたし)たちは警戒(けいかい)(しん)(たか)めています。

      An envoy from another country suddenly appeared, so we are increasing our vigilance.

      • N2

      (おや)にスーパーへの使(つか)(くわ)えて掃除(そうじ)(たの)まれたので今日(きょう)大忙(おおいそが)しだ。

      I'm very busy today because in addition to being asked by my parents to go to the supermarket for their errands, I was also asked to clean.

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