使える

Japanese
Kanji in this term
使
つか
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つかえる [tsùkáérú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝka̠e̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]

Verb

使(つか)える • (tsukaeru) ←つかへる (tukaferu)?ichidan (stem 使(つか)え (tsukae), past 使(つか)えた (tsukaeta))

  1. be useful, serve
  2. be valid, be usable (e.g. a coupon at a cash register)

Conjugation
Conjugation of "使える" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 使え つかえ tsukae
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 使え つかえ tsukae
Shūshikei ("terminal") 使える つかえる tsukaeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 使える つかえる tsukaeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 使えれ つかえれ tsukaere
Meireikei ("imperative") 使えよ¹
使えろ²		 つかえよ¹
つかえろ²		 tsukaeyo¹
tsukaero²
Key constructions
Passive 使えられる つかえられる tsukaerareru
Causative 使えさせる
使えさす		 つかえさせる
つかえさす		 tsukaesaseru
tsukaesasu
Potential 使えられる
使えれる³		 つかえられる
つかえれる³		 tsukaerareru
tsukaereru³
Volitional 使えよう つかえよう tsukaeyō
Negative 使えない
使えぬ
使えん		 つかえない
つかえぬ
つかえん		 tsukaenai
tsukaenu
tsukaen
Negative continuative 使えず つかえず tsukaezu
Formal 使えます つかえます tsukaemasu
Perfective 使えた つかえた tsukaeta
Conjunctive 使えて つかえて tsukaete
Hypothetical conditional 使えれば つかえれば tsukaereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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