Illustration: Beside a washbasin in a Japanese home, a parent turns a sturdy unused wooden box upside down and steadies it on the floor. A child steps onto it and can finally reach the tap with both hands. A cleaning cloth and small loose household items have been removed from the box and set in a basket nearby.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

役やく立だてる

yakudateru

to put to use

Example sentences

  1. しかし、そのルートの相当部分そうとうぶぶんが後ごの東海道新幹線建設とうかいどうしんかんせんけんせつで役立やくだてられた。

    However, a considerable portion of the route was used effectively for constructing the Tokaido Shinkansen line later.

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

  2. その水みずを水道局すいどうきょくが提供ていきょうし、打うち水みずに役立やくだててもらおうというもので、少すこしずつではあるが、配布はいふする水道局すいどうきょくが年々増ねんねんふえつつある。

    Water bureaus supply that water for people to use when sprinkling streets, and the number of bureaus distributing it is gradually increasing each year.

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

  3. また、調査局ちょうさきょくは国立国会図書館こくりつこっかいとしょかんの国民向こくみんむけサービスのための資料収集しりょうしゅうしゅう・整理せいりとは独立どくりつして資料しりょうの収集しゅうしゅう・整理せいりも行おこなっており、最新さいしんの情報じょうほうを収集しゅうしゅうして立法業務りっぽうぎょうむの補佐ほさに役立やくだてている。

    The Research Bureau also collects and organizes materials separately from the National Diet Library’s work for the general public, gathering the latest information and putting it to use in support of legislative work.

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

Kanji in 役立

  • 役duty; warOnヤク・エキ
  • 立stand; riseOnリツ・リュウ・リットルKunたつ・たち-・たてる

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