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使い

遣い

Reading

Kana: つかい
Romaji: tsukai
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Definitions

noun
1

errand; mission; going as envoy

See also: 使いにやる
2

messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl

3

familiar spirit

See also: 使い魔
n-suf
n-pref
4

use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer

Note: often read as づかい when used as a suffix
See also: 魔法使い

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
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

彼(かれ)は金使(きんづか)いが荒(あら)い。
➥He is free with his money.
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彼女(かのじょ)は言葉使(ことばづか)いが荒(あら)い。
➥She is rough in speech.
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彼(かれ)は金(きん)を使(つかは)い果()たした。
➥He exhausted his money.
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私(わたし)はそれを使(つか)います。
➥I use it.
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彼(かれ)は力(ちから)を使(つかは)い果()たした。
➥He has run out of his energy.
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妹(いもうと)は英(えい)仏語(ふつご)を使(つか)いこなす。
➥My sister has a good command of both English and French.
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