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Kanji: 用

KANJI
用
5 strokes
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KUN 訓
もちいる
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JLPT Level:
JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:
用
Radical name:
もちいる
Meaning:
Utilize, business, service, use, employ
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 100 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N4
用(よう)
use
N4
用意(ようい)
preparation
N4
用事(ようじ)
things to do
N4
利用(りよう)
utilization
N3
引用(いんよう)
quotation, citation
N3
活用(かつよう)
conjugation, practical use
N3
器用(きよう)
skillful, handy
N3
使用(しよう)
use, application, employment, utilization
N3
信用(しんよう)
confidence, dependence, credit, faith
N3
適用(てきよう)
applying
N3
費用(ひよう)
cost, expense
N3
用(もち)いる
to use, to make use of
N3
用心(ようじん)
care, precaution, guarding, caution
N2
応用(おうよう)
application, put to practical use
N2
実用(じつよう)
practical use, utility
N2
通用(つうよう)
popular use, circulation
N2
日用品(にちようひん)
daily necessities
N2
用語(ようご)
term, terminology
N2
用途(ようと)
use, usefulness
N1
運用(うんよう)
making use of, application, investment, practical use
N1
慣用(かんよう)
common, customary
N1
兼用(けんよう)
multi-use, combined use, combination, serving two purposes
N1
公用(こうよう)
government business, public use, public expense
N1
雇用(こよう)
employment (long term), hire
N1
採用(さいよう)
use, adopt
N1
作用(さよう)
action, operation, effect, function
N1
私用(しよう)
personal use, private business
N1
使用人(しようにん)
employee, servant
N1
専用(せんよう)
exclusive use, personal use
N1
代用(だいよう)
substitution
N1
無用(むよう)
useless, futility, needlessness, unnecessariness
N1
用件(ようけん)
business
N1
用紙(ようし)
blank form
N1
用品(ようひん)
articles, supplies, parts
N1
用法(ようほう)
directions, rules of use
N1
濫用(らんよう)
abuse, misuse, misappropriation, using to excess
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