Illustration: In a Japanese office copy room, an employee in a cardigan uses the copier to enlarge a family photograph for a frame brought from home. The original portrait shows the employee, a child, and an enormous fluffy dog; the enlarged copy has made the dog's face unexpectedly dominant.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

私し用よう

shiyou

personal use

Example sentences

  1. 上司じょうしは会社かいしゃの電話でんわで私用しようの電話でんわをかけたといって私わたしをひどく叱しかった。

    My boss called me down for making private calls on the office phone.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 単たんに私用しようで使つかい込こみをした。

    They simply misappropriated funds for personal use.

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

  3. 私用しようの新あたらしい傘かさを買かおっと。

    I think I’ll buy a new umbrella for my own use.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 私用

  • 私private; IOnシKunわたくし・わたし
  • 用utilize; businessOnヨウKunもちいる

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