使い分ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
使
つか
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 使い (tsukai, using, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 使う (tsukau, to use)) +‎ 分ける (wakeru, to split, to divide, transitive).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Verb

使(つか)()ける (tsukaiwakerutransitive ichidan (stem 使(つか)() (tsukaiwake), past 使(つか)()けた (tsukaiwaketa))

  1. to choose and use something for different purposes, places, and times, to adapt something to something else

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References

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN