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    3. お使い

    お使い

    お​使つかい​

    errand

    N1KMT9News #36+1Ref L1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    お遣い御使い御遣いお使御使

    おつかい

    Noun

    1.
    errand, mission, going on an errand
    polite (teineigo) language
    2.
    messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl
    polite (teineigo) language
    3.
    familiar spirit
    polite (teineigo) languagehonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

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    母ははにお使つかいを頼たのまれました。

    My mother asked me to run an errand.

    KMT5Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    彼かれは毎まい日にち、郵ゆう便びん局きょくへのお使つかいに行いっている。

    He goes on an errand to the post office every day.

    KMT9Daily Life
    子こ供どもの頃ころ、近きん所じょの店みせまでパンを買かいにお使つかいに行いったものだ。

    When I was a child, I used to go on errands to the neighborhood store to buy bread.

    KMT9Daily LifeFood & Dining
    新しん入じん社しゃ員いんが初はじめての社しゃ外がいへのお使つかいを任まかされた。

    The new employee was entrusted with their first errand outside the company.

    KMT9Work & CareerDaily Life
    大だい事じな書しょ類るいを届 けるという、彼かれにとって重じゅう要ようなお使つかいだった。

    It was an important errand for him, to deliver important documents.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    使
    つか.う・つか.い・-つか.い・-づか.い…(1)
    use・send on a mission・order・messenger・envoy…(2)
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
    い
    i
    Kana
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