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    3. 人使いが荒い

    人使いが荒い

    人ひと使づかい​が​荒あらい​

    working one's employees hard

    NTAdjectiveWork & CareerKanji Vocab28 strokes

    ひとづかいがあらい

    Adjective

    1.
    working one's employees hard, being a slave-driver

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    Characters that make up this word

    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    使
    つか.う・つか.い・-つか.い・-づか.い…(1)
    use・send on a mission・order・messenger・envoy…(2)
    Kanji
    荒
    あ.らす・あ.れる・あら.い・すさ.ぶ・すさ.む・あ.らし…(2)
    laid waste・rough・rude・wild
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    が
    ga
    Kana
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