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- 使う★【つかう】遣う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
アジア諸国などから出稼ぎにきた外国人をメイドとして使うのが常識のようになっている。 It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
あぁいらいらする・・・今やパソコンを使うたびに頭痛がするよ。 So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!
- 用いる☆【もちいる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
先行詞がthis,that,these,thoseの場合はwhichを用いるのが普通です。 When the antecedent is this, that, these or those it is usual to use 'which'.
- 通る☆【とおる】徹る・透る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of
- to run (between); to operate (between); to connect - of public transport
- to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in
- to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through
- to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout
- to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far
- to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed
- to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted
- to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for
- to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense
- to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood
- to be straight (e.g. wood grain)
- to be well-informed; to be wise - archaism
suffix / godan ~る verb:
- to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly - after the -masu stem of a verb
容易に試験に通ると思う。 I expect her to pass the examination easily.
法案は間違いなく通るよ。 This bill is safe to pass.
富んでいるものが神の国に入るよりは、らくだが針の穴を通る方がもっと易しい。 It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.
- 取り扱う☆【とりあつかう】取扱う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to use
- to deal with (an issue); to manage
- to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
- to deal in; to carry; to sell
算数は数を取り扱う。 Arithmetic deals with numbers.
統計学は事実を表す数を取り扱うものである。 Statistics deals with collected numbers representing facts.
- 弄する【ろうする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.):
- to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.)
- to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of
- かける☆《掛ける・懸ける》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to hang up (e.g. a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag) ➜ 壁にかける
- to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover
- to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.) ➜ 眼鏡を掛ける
- to make (a call) ➜ 電話を掛ける
- to spend (time, money); to expend; to use ➜ 時間を掛ける
- to pour (liquid) onto; to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto; to splash; to throw (e.g. water) onto somebody ➜ 塩をかける
- to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); to put on (a DVD, a song, etc.)
- to cause (somebody inconvenience, trouble, etc.); to burden (someone); to impose ➜ 迷惑を掛ける
- to multiply (arithmetic operation)
- to secure (e.g. lock) ➜ 鍵を掛ける
- to take a seat; to sit; to rest (something on something else); to support (something on something else) ➜ 腰を掛ける
- to bind - also 繋ける
- to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble ➜ 賭ける【かける】
- to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on
- to hold (a play, festival, etc.)
- to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.)
- to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.) ➜ 裁判に掛ける
- to increase further
- to catch (in a trap, etc.)
- to set atop
- to erect (a makeshift building)
- to apply (insurance) ➜ 保険を掛ける
- to pun (on a word); to use (a word) as a pivot word; to play on words ➜ 掛詞
suffix / ichidan verb:
かっこいい服を着てかっこいいサングラスをかける。 I wear cool clothes and cool sunglasses.
指名通話で国際電話をかけるといいよ。 It's best to make international calls person to person.
スーツにそんなにお金をかけるにはためらいがある。 I hesitate to pay so much for a suit.
- つく☆《吐く》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to breathe out; to breathe
- to tell (a lie); to use (foul language)
- to vomit; to throw up; to spit up ➜ 吐く【はく】
息を深く吸ったり吐いたりしてください。 Take a deep breath in and out, please.
そんなことばを吐いたことを君は後悔するだろう。 You'll regret having said those words.
- 手をつける【てをつける】手を付ける・手を着ける Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to set one's hand to; to start work on
- to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion)
- to have sexual relations; to have an affair
- 突く☆【つく】衝く・撞く・捺く Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to prick; to stab
- to poke; to prod; to push; to thrust; to nudge; to hit; to strike
- to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with; to press against (the floor, etc.)
- to attack
- to brave (the rain, etc.)
針で親指を突いてしまった。 I pricked my thumb with a needle.
羽子板で突く羽の玉は「むくろじ」という大木の種です。 The feathered balls you hit with a battledore are the seeds of a large tree called 'soapberry'.
- はじく☆《弾く》 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to flip; to snap; to flick
- to repel
- to use (an abacus); to calculate
- to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)
- 利かせる☆【きかせる】効かせる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to season (with salt, etc.); to bring out taste
- to use; to exercise; to display ➜ 気を利かせる【きをきかせる】
- 働かせる☆【はたらかせる】 Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to put someone to work; to make someone work ➜ 働かす
- to use; to apply; to exert; to exercise (restraint, one's imagination, one's brain, etc.)
彼らがその少年をそんなにきつく働かせるのは残酷だ。 It is cruel of them to make the boy work so hard.
- 運ぶ★【はこぶ】 Inflection
godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:
- to carry; to transport; to move; to convey
godan ~ぶ verb:
- to come; to go - usu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc. - honorific language ➜ 足を運ぶ
godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:
- to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:
- to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress
「委員長、後は何を運ぶんだっけ？」「得点板と大玉もう一個、綱引きの綱」 "Mr Chairman, what needs moving next, again?" "Scoreboard, giant ball and the tug-of-war rope."
友達を運ぶ時には気をつけなければならない。 You must be careful in choosing your friends.
- 焚く☆【たく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to burn; to kindle; to light (a fire); to make (a fire) ➜ 薫く【たく】
- to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to stoke (a boiler)
- to use (a camera flash)
ハワイってさ、暖炉つきの家が多いじゃない？あっちも朝夕は冷えるから、寒がりの人は暖炉を焚くんだ。 Hawai, y'know, has a lot of houses with fireplaces doesn't it? The mornings and evenings over there get cold as well so people who feel the cold light fires.
- 役立てる☆【やくだてる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
- 使い切る☆【つかいきる】使いきる・遣い切る Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
科学者の中には百年以内に世界の石油資源を使い切るだろうと予言する者もいる。 Some scientists predict that the world oil reserves will be used up within a century.
- 出し切る☆【だしきる】出しきる Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
- 使い分ける☆【つかいわける】使いわける Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes
- 使い果たす☆【つかいはたす】使い果す・遣い果たす・遣い果す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to use up; to squander
自分たちのお金を全部使い果たすなんてばかげている。 It would be ridiculous to spend all their money.
- 介する☆【かいする】 Inflection
~する verb (spec.) / transitive:
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