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Illustration of 遣い

遣つかい

つかい tsukai Play N1 Noun

Meanings and examples

用事のために出かけること。また、その用事。 mission; simple task; doing

Example 1

ひとことで言えば、彼はおべっか使いだ。

In a word, he is a flatterer.

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Example 2

使いの途中道草をくうな。

Don't delay on this errand.

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Kanji breakdown

遣

N1

dispatch; despatch; send; give; donate; do; undertake

On reading
ケン
Kun reading
つか.う、-つか.い、-づか.い、つか.わす、や.る
Radical
辵
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派遣

N1

はけん

dispatch; send

Illustration of 無駄遣い

無駄遣い

N1

むだづかい

waste money on; squander money on; flog a dead horse

Illustration of 遣り通す

遣り通す

N1

やりとおす

to carry through; to achieve; to complete

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仮名遣い

N2

かなづかい

kana orthography; syllabary spelling

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小遣い

N2

こづかい

personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance