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    用いる

    用もちい​る​

    to use

    N3KMT8News #22+1CoreVerb, TransitiveCore ConceptsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    もちいる

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to use, to make use of, to utilize, to utilise

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    この機き械かいは最さい新しんの技ぎ術じゅつを用もちいている。

    This machine uses the latest technology.

    KMT7Core ConceptsTechnology
    料りょう理りでは、新しん鮮せんな食しょく材ざいを用もちいることが最もっとも重じゅう要ようだ。

    In cooking, using fresh ingredients is the most important thing.

    KMT7Food & DiningDaily Life
    彼かれは比ひ喩ゆを用もちいて、複ふく雑ざつな概がい念ねんを分わかりやすく説せつ明めいした。

    He used metaphors to explain complex concepts in an easy-to-understand way.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    この文ぶん法ぽうパターンは、日にち常じょう会かい話わよりも書かき言こと葉ばで多おおく用もちいられる。

    This grammatical pattern is used more often in written language than in daily conversation.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    伝でん統とう的てきな製せい法ほうでは、特とく定ていの天てん然ねん素そ材ざいのみを用もちいることが義ぎ務む付づけられている。

    In traditional manufacturing methods, it is obligatory to use only specific natural materials.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsScience & Math

    Characters that make up this word

    用
    もち.いる…(2)
    utilize・business・service・use・employ
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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