Illustration: A school-age child has just returned to the genkan of a family apartment, still wearing outdoor shoes and carrying a small shopping bag. An apron-wearing parent has come from the kitchen, where a saucepan and partially prepared vegetables await.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

使つかい

tsukai

errand

Often used as お使い for a household errand. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 使つかいの途中道草とちゅうみちくさをくうな。

    Don’t delay on this errand.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 僕ぼくは父ちちの使つかいでそこに行いった。

    I went there on an errand for Father.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 使つかいにやる

    to send a person on an errand

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

Kanji in 使

  • 使use; send on a missionOnシKunつかう・つかい

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