Illustration: In the narrow laundry space of a Japanese apartment, a woman uses long kitchen tongs to retrieve a sock from the gap behind the washing machine. One hand squeezes the handles while the jaws securely grip the sock, making the tool's role easy to see.

JLPT N5verbLevel estimated by Bebop

使つかう

tsukau

to use

Example sentences

お湯ゆを全部ぜんぶ使つかわないで。
Don’t use all the hot water.
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「あなたの辞書じしょを使つかってもいいですか」「はい、どうぞ」
"Can I use your dictionary?" "Yes, here you are."
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私わたしのペンを使つかうな。
Don’t use my pen.
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Kanji in 使

使use; send on a missionOnシKunつかう・つかい

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