► 動詞
使う [つかう] meaning: spend rank: 1
☆ 力を無駄に使ってしまった ⇨ I used my energy for nothing
☆ 私は娯楽には殆どお金を使わない ⇨ I hardly use, spend, my money for entertainment
使う [つかう] meaning: use rank: 1
☆ コンピューターシミュレーションを使って設計された飛行機 ⇨ An airplane designed using computer simulation (☛ Most generic “use”)
☆ 人を使うのは難しい ⇨ It is difficult to use, manage, employ, supervise, people (☛ Note “人を使う” does NOT mean “exploit people” like in English “use people”)
More examples:
- 彼女は授業で使う教材を持ち出して用意した ⇨ She got the teaching material she uses in her class out of her own pocket
- 塗料は使う前によくかき混ぜなくてはいけない ⇨ Paint must be stirred vigorously before use
- 日本には猿知恵で英語を使う連中が多い ⇨ In Japan there are many who use English with monkey-like, wrong, knowledge
- こんなものにお金を使うのはバカ臭い ⇨ It feels stupid to spend money for something like this
- 施設はただで使うことが出来る ⇨ You can use the facility for free
- 最近は皆携帯電話のカメラを使う ⇨ Nowadays everybody uses cell phone’s built-in cameras
- 最近風呂敷を使う人はあまりいない ⇨ Nowadays there aren’t many people who use furoshiki
- この製品は初心者でも手軽且つ効果的に使うことが出来る ⇨ This product can be used easily and also effectively even by a beginner
- アルファベットを使う欧米で字が読めない人がいるというのは不思議だ ⇨ It is somewhat strange that there are illiterate people in the US and Europe where alphabets are used
- 彼は毎日海鮮市場で食堂で使う魚を買い付ける ⇨ He buys the fish he uses at his restaurant at the seafood market every day
- この洗剤を使うと汚れが魔法のように落ちる ⇨ This cleaner removes grime like magic
- 公金を私用で使うなど以ての外だ ⇨ It is absolutely out of question, unacceptable, to use public money for personal use
- 彼は勝つためにはどんなえげつない手でも使う ⇨ He does whatever nasty, dirty, things to win
- あいつは姑息な手を使う ⇨ He uses dirty tricks
- 収入の娯楽に使う割合 ⇨ The percentage of income spent on recreation