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使つか

polite languagenounnoun (generic)honorific language

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Meanings

  • errand, mission, going on an errand
  • messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl
  • familiar spirit

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Example sentences

ははたのまれて使つかってきます。

I'm going on an errand my mother asked me to do.

子供こどもころ近所きんじょ使つかをよくたのまれた。

When I was a child, I was often asked to run errands in the neighborhood.

彼女かのじょ社長しゃちょう使つか取引先とりひきさき書類しょるいとどけにった。

She went to deliver documents to a business partner on an errand for the company president.

使つか途中とちゅう友人ゆうじん出会であい、すっかりはなんでしまった。

On the way during my errand, I ran into a friend and ended up talking at length.

古来こらいきつねかみ御使おつかとして人々ひとびとあがめられてきた。

Since ancient times, foxes have been venerated by people as divine messengers of the gods.