Illustration: At a small Japanese catering kitchen, three workers routinely use square wrapping cloths to carry stacks of reusable lunch boxes. One spreads a cloth beneath a stack, another ties the familiar knot over the top, and a third lifts a finished bundle by its knot.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

慣かん用よう

kan'you

customary use

Most often seen in compounds such as 慣用句. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. どうして英語えいごって、慣用かんよう句くや句動詞くどうしがこんなに多おおいの？

    Why does English have so many idioms and phrasal verbs?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. これは現代英語げんだいえいごの慣用かんよう法ほうについての本ほんです。

    This is a book on modern English usage.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 慣用かんよう的てきに「あぶらげ」あるいは「あげ」と略りゃくされることもある。

    It is sometimes idiomatically called 'aburage' or 'age.'

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 慣用

  • 慣accustomed; get used toOnカンKunなれる・ならす
  • 用utilize; businessOnヨウKunもちいる

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