► 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:
- 彼は匿名を使うことを要望した ⇨ He requested to use a pseudonym
- なんて卑怯な手を使うんだ ⇨ You coward! You dirty asshole!
- 彼は目下の者をこき使う ⇨ He abuses his subordinates
- 漫画は台詞に吹き出しを使う ⇨ Cartoons use captions to show lines
- この機械を使う時は必ず防護メガネをするように ⇨ You must wear protective goggles when you use this machine
- 彼はみみずを釣りの餌に使う ⇨ He uses worms as fishing baits
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 彼は部下を顎で使う ⇨ He bosses his people around. He abuses his people
- 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
- 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
- 日本語は引用に鉤括弧「」を使う ⇨ Japanese use 「」for quotations