"つかう" meaning in Japanese

See つかう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tsukau [romanization], つかい [stem], つかった [past]
Head templates: {{ja-verb|type=1}} つかう • (tsukau) godan (stem つかい (tsukai), past つかった (tsukatta))
  1. 使う: to use
    Sense id: en-つかう-ja-verb-tz4lKEG1 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. 遣う: to spend
    Sense id: en-つかう-ja-verb-hnVu~uWx Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 49 51 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "form": "つかった",
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Download raw JSONL data for つかう meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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