► 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:
- 彼が包丁を使う手付きはぎこちない ⇨ The way he handles a kitchen knife is pretty awkward
- この機械を使うと難しい料理も楽ちんに出来る ⇨ Difficult cooking will be a piece of cake when you use this machine
- 何て卑劣な手を使うんだ、あいつは ⇨ What a dirty trick he uses, that bastard
- 汚い言葉を使うな ⇨ Don’t use dirty words
- 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
- 彼は部下をこき使うことで評判が悪い ⇨ He has a bad reputation for demanding so much from his people
- 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
- メキシコ料理は豆を多く使う ⇨ Mexican cuisines use a lot of beans
- 日本では友達の間であだ名を使うことが多い ⇨ In Japan nicknames are often used among friends
- 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
- 彼は匿名を使うことを要望した ⇨ He requested to use a pseudonym
- 点字は触覚を使う文字だ ⇨ Braille are letters that use sense of touch
- このソフトを使うと世界中誰とでも無料で通話することが出来る ⇨ You can talk with anybody in the world for free when you use this software
- 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
- 彼は汚い言葉を使う ⇨ He uses obscene languages