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用 kanji
utilize, business, service, use, employ
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
ヨウ
Kun readings
もちいる
Words with 用
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —ご用組合a company union
- —ご用聞きthe rounds of tradesmen going door to door; route man; door-to-door tradesman; order taker; order-taking; thief taker; secret policeman
- —薬用石鹼medicinal soap
- —用が有るto have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
- —用をたすto take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
- —職権濫用abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
- —薬物濫用substance abuse; drug abuse; drug misuse
- —たり活用classical form of adjectival noun inflection formed by contraction of the particle "to" with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")
- —用意どんready, go!; race
- —読取専用read-only
- —はん用体generic unit
- —仕入費用purchasing expense
- —権利乱用abuse of rights; improper use of a privilege
- —なんか用what do you want?; can I help you?
- —なにか用what do you want?; can I help you?
- —人財活用appropriate use of human resources; personnel utilization
- —人才活用appropriate use of human resources; personnel utilization
- —用語事典dictionary of terminology; glossary
- —土用もちdoyō mochi (mochi made during the dog days of summer)
- —薬用石けんmedicinal soap