使い

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Japanese

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

Etymology

Continuative form of 使う (tsukau, “to use”)

Pronunciation

Noun

使(つか)い • (tsukai) ←つかひ (tukafi)?

  1. using; usage; use; utilization
  2. a user
    • 2000 April 20, “ウィップテイル・ガーゴイル [Whiptail Gargoyle]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:
      ムチのように長(なが)いしっぽを使(つか)い、空(くう)中(ちゅう)から襲(おそ)いかかってくる。
      Muchi no yō ni nagai shippo o tsukai, kūchū kara osoikakattekuru.
      He strikes down from the air with his long whip-like tail.
  3. (folklore, fantasy) a charmer
  4. an envoy; a messenger
    Synonym: 使者 (shisha)
    • 1999 March 6, “地(じ)獄(ごく)の裁(さい)判(ばん) [Trial of Hell]”, in Starter(スターター) Box(ボックス), Konami:
      敵(てき)を棺(かん)桶(おけ)に閉(と)じこめ、地(じ)獄(ごく)の使(つか)いがグサリと判(はん)決(けつ)を下(くだ)す。
      Teki o kan'oke ni tojikome, jigoku no tsukai ga gusari to hanketsu o kudasu.
      This messenger of hell stabs down through enemies confined in coffins with its judgement.
    • 2004 November 25, “神(しん)竜(りゅう) ラグナロク [Divine Dragon Ragnarok]”, in FLAMING ETERNITY, Konami:
      神(かみ)の使(つか)いと言(い)い伝(つた)えられている伝(でん)説(せつ)の竜(りゅう)。その怒(いか)りに触(ふ)れた時(とき)、世(せ)界(かい)は海(うみ)に沈(しず)むと言(い)われている。
      Kami no tsukai to iitsutaerareteiru densetsu no ryū. Sono ikari ni fureta toki, sekai wa umi ni shizumu to iwareteiru.
      A dragon who, according to legends, is the messenger of the gods. They say once it is provoked, the whole world will sink beneath the sea.

See also

Suffix

使(つか)い • (-tsukai) ←つかひ (-tukafi)?

  1. -er; -ist; -ator; -mancer (user; manipulator; tamer)
    • 2000 March 1, “美(うつく)しき魔(ま)物(もの)使(つか)い [Beautiful Devil-Tamer]”, in BOOSTER 7, Konami:
      珍(めずら)しい女(じょ)性(せい)の魔(ま)物(もの)使(つか)い。ムチを手(て)にすると、性(せい)格(かく)が変(か)わる。
      Mezurashii josei no mamonotsukai. Muchi o te ni suru to, seikaku ga kawaru.
      A rarely-seen woman who tames devils. They submit to her whipping.
    • 2000 March 1, “地獄の魔物使い(モンスター・テイマー) [Monster Tamer]”, in BOOSTER 7, Konami:
      モンスターを自(じ)在(ざい)に操(あやつ)り攻(こう)撃(げき)してくる、モンスター使(つか)い。
      Monsutā o jizai ni ayatsuri kōgeki shite kuru, monsutā tsukai.
      A monster tamer who attacks by manipulating monsters as he likes.
    • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)61(ろくじゅういち)話(わ)　愛(いと)しきものの為(もの)に [Chapter 61: All for Our Loved Ones]”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 59:
      起(お)きてよ　風(かぜ)使(つか)いのにーちゃん！こんなことで寝(ね)てるとカゼひいちゃうよ
      Okite yo Kazetsukai no nī-chan! Konna koto de neteru to kaze hiichau yo
      Wake up, brother Wind Master! You’ll catch a cold if you keep sleeping like this
    • 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)61(ろくじゅういち)話(わ)　愛(いと)しきものの為(もの)に [Chapter 61: All for Our Loved Ones]”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド [Tokyo Underground], volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 59:
      不(ふ)甲(が)斐(い)無(な)いな風(かぜ)使(つか)い
      Fugainaina Kazetsukai
      What kinda weak-ass Wind Master are you?

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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