► 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:
- 彼は汚い言葉を使う ⇨ He uses obscene languages
- 若い人達は容姿に非常に気を使う ⇨ Young people are very attentive about their physical appearances
- 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
- 何て卑劣な手を使うんだ、あいつは ⇨ What a dirty trick he uses, that bastard
- 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
- 普通の日本人は約三千の漢字を使う ⇨ Typical Japanese use about 3000 kanji, chinese characters
- 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
- 施設はただで使うことが出来る ⇨ You can use the facility for free
- 彼はみみずを釣りの餌に使う ⇨ He uses worms as fishing baits
- 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
- 彼は勝つためならどんな手でも使う ⇨ He will resort to anything in order to win
- ジャズは複雑な和音を沢山使う ⇨ Jazz uses many complex chords
- 漫画は台詞に吹き出しを使う ⇨ Cartoons use captions to show lines
- 技術者は重量物の配置に気を使う ⇨ Engineers think carefully about placement of heavy items