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使用人

Reading

Kana: しようにん
Romaji: shiyounin
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Definition

1

employee; servant

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
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person

Example Sentences

(わたし)使用人(しようにん)(いち)(にん)をくびにした。
➥I discharged one of my servants.
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使用人(しようにん)手紙(てがみ)()たせて(うかが)わせます。
➥I'll send my man to you with the letter.
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(あつ)められた使用人(しようにん)さんたちは、総勢(そうぜい)・・・ひゃ、(ひゃく)(にん)(ちか)いよ。
➥The servants gathered there totalled ... n-nearly one hundred!
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(かれ)使用人(しようにん)(やさ)しい(やと)(ぬし)だった。
➥He was a kind master to his servants.
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(かれ)には(つか)える使用人(しようにん)が1(にん)しかいない。
➥He has only one servant to attend on him.
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どうです?似合(にあ)っていますか?ここいらで使(つか)使用人(しようにん)(ふく)なんですよ。
➥What do you think? Does it suit me? It's what servants wear around here.
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