How to say useful in Japanese

ゆうようyuuyou Inflection

adjectival noun / noun:

  • useful; helpful

Example Sentences

watashinoパソコンPASOKONhananikano役に立つyakunitatsuはずhazuda
My computer has got to be useful for something.
有意義yuuigina回答kaitoutoha新たaratana疑問gimonwo生むumuようyounaそれsoredeあるaru
The only useful answers are those that raise new questions.
このkonoドライバーDORAIBAAha小さchiisaすぎてsugite役に立たないyakunitatanai
This driver is too small and isn't very useful.
人前hitomaede話すhanasuことkotoni慣れたnaretaのでnode面接mensetsuにはniha役立ったyakudattato思うomou
I became accustomed to public speaking, so I think that's been useful when taking job interviews.
背が伸びてseganobite入らないhairanaiwayone」「そうsou断じてdanjite太ったfutottaわけではないwakedehanai!」「成長seichouしたshitatoいうiu便利なbenrina言葉kotobaha我々warewareno切り札kirifuda
"We've got taller so they don't fit." "Right, it's certainly not that we've got fat!" "The useful phrase 'grown up' is our trump card."

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