使える

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
使
つか
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

使(つか)える • (tsukaeru) ←つかへる (tukaferu)?ichidan (stem 使(つか)え (tsukae), past 使(つか)えた (tsukaeta))

  1. be usable (e.g. a coupon at a cash register)
  2. be useful, be competent
    使(つか)える奴(やつ)
    tsukaeru yatsu
    a competent fellow

Conjugation

Conjugation of "使える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 使え つかえ tsukae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 使え つかえ tsukae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 使える つかえる tsukaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 使える つかえる tsukaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 使えれ つかえれ tsukaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 使えよ¹
使えろ² 		つかえよ¹
つかえろ² 		tsukaeyo¹
tsukaero²
Key constructions
Passive 使えられる つかえられる tsukaerareru
Causative 使えさせる
使えさす 		つかえさせる
つかえさす 		tsukaesaseru
tsukaesasu
Potential 使えられる
使えれる³ 		つかえられる
つかえれる³ 		tsukaerareru
tsukaereru³
Volitional 使えよう つかえよう tsukaeyō
Negative 使えない
使えぬ
使えん 		つかえない
つかえぬ
つかえん 		tsukaenai
tsukaenu
tsukaen
Negative continuative 使えず つかえず tsukaezu
Formal 使えます つかえます tsukaemasu
Perfective 使えた つかえた tsukaeta
Conjunctive 使えて つかえて tsukaete
Hypothetical conditional 使えれば つかえれば tsukaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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