Meaning of 用いる in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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用いるJLPT 3
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Kana Readingもちいる
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Romajimochiiru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
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Example Sentences
用いる, もちいる used in context
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石油が化学製品の材料として用いられるようになったのはごく最近のことである。
It is only recently that crude oil has come to be used to make chemical products.
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未来進行形は、未来の時点で進行中の動作や出来事を表現するときに用いられますが、例文は進行中の動作とは考えられません。
The future progressive tense is used when expressing events and action in progress at some future point, however the example sentence cannot be understood in that way.
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言語というのは思考を表現する手段であると同時に言語を用いて思考するという側面がある。
Language has, at the same time as being method of expressing one's thoughts, the side of being something used to think with.
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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'.
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Past tense is used in connection with actions in the past.
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The speaker illustrated the theory with examples.
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