Kanji1 / 8
使 kanji
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
つかうつかい-つかい-づかい
Words with 使
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —検非違使庁office in Heian Kyoto responsible for police and judicial duties
- —永代使用料one-time fee for grave land rental
- —朝鮮通信使Korean delegation to Japan (Edo period)
- —天使が通るto have a break in the conversation; to experience an awkward silence; an angel passes
- —鉱区使用料mining royalty
- —労使協議制joint consultation system
- —病床使用率hospital bed occupancy rate
- —在日大使館(foreign) embassy in Japan
- —日本大使館Embassy of Japan
- —使用者責任employer's liability; vicarious reliability; respondeat superior
- —共同使用駅union station; joint station
- —特許使用料patent royalty
- —天使の４歳fabulous fours (age); fantastic fours; angelic fours
- —外交使節団diplomatic mission
- —食塩不使用salt-free; unsalted
- —使者を遣わすto dispatch a messenger; to despatch a messenger
- —特命全権大使ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary
- —特命全権公使minister extraordinary and plenipotentiary
- —使命を帯びるto be charged with a mission
- —使命を果たすto carry out one's mission