使い

遣い

Reading

Kana: つかい

Romaji: tsukai

Definitions

noun

1

errand; mission; going as envoy

See also: 使いにやる

2

messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl

3

familiar spirit

See also: 使い魔

n-suf

n-pref

4

use; usage; user; trainer; tamer; charmer

Note: often read as づかい when used as a suffix

See also: 魔法使い

Kanji

使

Readings: シ、 つか.う、 つか.い、 -つか.い、 -づか.い

Meanings: use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

遣

Readings: ケン、 つか.う、 -つか.い、 -づか.い、 つか.わす、 や.る

Meanings: dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は金使(きんづか)いが荒(あら)い。

➥He is free with his money.

彼女(かのじょ)は言葉使(ことばづか)いが荒(あら)い。

➥She is rough in speech.

彼(かれ)は金(きん)を使(つかは)い果()たした。

➥He exhausted his money.

私(わたし)はそれを使(つか)います。

➥I use it.

彼(かれ)は力(ちから)を使(つかは)い果()たした。

➥He has run out of his energy.

妹(いもうと)は英(えい)仏語(ふつご)を使(つか)いこなす。

➥My sister has a good command of both English and French.