► 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
- 彼は他人を自分の利益のための道具に使う ⇨ He uses other people as tools for his own benefit
- 漫画は台詞に吹き出しを使う ⇨ Cartoons use captions to show lines
- 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
- 何て卑劣な手を使うんだ、あいつは ⇨ What a dirty trick he uses, that bastard
- 彼はみみずを釣りの餌に使う ⇨ He uses worms as fishing baits
- なんて卑怯な手を使うんだ ⇨ You coward! You dirty asshole!
- 若い人達は容姿に非常に気を使う ⇨ Young people are very attentive about their physical appearances
- このギアを使うと車は後進する ⇨ The car goes backward when you use this gear
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ジャズは複雑な和音を沢山使う ⇨ Jazz uses many complex chords