Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 使える in Japanese
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使える, 遣える
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Kana Readingつかえる
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Romajitsukaeru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Ichidan verb
- Meaning
- to be useful; to be serviceable
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Examples of 使える, 遣える, つかえる in a sentence
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Her facility with English is wonderful.
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He waits on her.
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He can't use a gun again.
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He is master of his own time.
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He has more money than he can use.
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He can make himself understood in four languages.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 使える
- Plain Polite
- 使えます
- Negative
- 使えない
- Negative Polite
- 使えません
Past
- Plain
- 使えた
- Plain Polite
- 使えました
- Negative
- 使えなかった
- Negative Polite
- 使えませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 使えて
- Plain Polite
- 使えまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 使えられる
- Plain Polite
- 使えられます
- Negative
- 使えられない
- Negative Polite
- 使えられません
Related Kanji
遣
JLPT 1
13 strokes
dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
On'Yomi: ケン
Kun'Yomi: つか.う, -つか.い, -づか.い, つか.わす, や.る
使
JLPT 4
8 strokes
use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
On'Yomi: シ
Kun'Yomi: つか.う, つか.い, -つか.い, -づか.い