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お使い

御使い、 御遣い、 お遣い、 お使

Reading

Kana: おつかい
Romaji: otsukai
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Definitions

noun
1

errand; mission; going as envoy

Note: polite (teineigo) language
See also: 使い (reading つかい, entry #1)
2

messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl

Note: polite (teineigo) language
3

familiar spirit

Note: polite (teineigo) language; honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

Kanji

使
Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い
Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
御
Readings: ギョ、 ゴ、 おん-、 お-、 み-
Meanings: honorable, manipulate, govern
遣
Readings: ケン、 つか.う、 -つか.い、 -づか.い、 つか.わす、 や.る
Meanings: dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

Example Sentences

あの子(こ)はよくお使(つか)いをする。
➥The boy often runs errands.
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何(なん)社製(しゃせい)のコンピューターをお使(つか)いですか。
➥What make of computer do you use?
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今日(きょう)は、ばーさんのお使(つか)いを兼(か)ねて街(まち)で買(か)い物(もの)。
➥Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother.
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お使(つか)いに行(いき)って来()てちょうだい。
➥Will you go out on an errand?
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その子(こ)どもはお使(つか)いをして、彼(かれ)のために働(はたら)いた。
➥The child worked for him, going on errands.
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おそまつなものですが私(わたし)の自転車(じてんしゃ)をお使(つか)いくださってよろしい。
➥You may use my bicycle such as it is.
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