使い分ける

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使
つか
Grade: 3

Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 使い (tsukai, using, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 使う (tsukau, to use)) + 分ける (wakeru, to split, to divide, transitive).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かいわけ [tsùkáíwákéꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [5])[2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝka̠iɰᵝa̠ke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

使(つか)()ける • (tsukaiwakeru) transitive ichidan (stem 使(つか)() (tsukaiwake), past 使(つか)()けた (tsukaiwaketa))

  1. to choose and use something for different purposes, places, and times, to adapt something to something else

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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