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Kanji: 用

KANJI
5 strokes
READINGS
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:
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
(よう)
use
N4
(ようい)
preparation
N4
(ようじ)
things to do
N4
(りよう)
utilization
N3
(いんよう)
quotation, citation
N3
(かつよう)
conjugation, practical use
N3
(きよう)
skillful, handy
N3
使(しよう)
use, application, employment, utilization
N3
(しんよう)
confidence, dependence, credit, faith
N3
(てきよう)
applying
N3
(ひよう)
cost, expense
N3
(もち)いる
to use, to make use of
N3
(ようじん)
care, precaution, guarding, caution
N2
(おうよう)
application, put to practical use
N2
(じつよう)
practical use, utility
N2
(つうよう)
popular use, circulation
N2
(にちようひん)
daily necessities
N2
(ようご)
term, terminology
N2
(ようと)
use, usefulness
N1
(うんよう)
making use of, application, investment, practical use
N1
(かんよう)
common, customary
N1
(けんよう)
multi-use, combined use, combination, serving two purposes
N1
(こうよう)
government business, public use, public expense
N1
(こよう)
employment (long term), hire
N1
(さいよう)
use, adopt
N1
(さよう)
action, operation, effect, function
N1
(しよう)
personal use, private business
N1
使(しようにん)
employee, servant
N1
(せんよう)
exclusive use, personal use
N1
(だいよう)
substitution
N1
(むよう)
useless, futility, needlessness, unnecessariness
N1
(ようけん)
business
N1
(ようし)
blank form
N1
(ようひん)
articles, supplies, parts
N1
(ようほう)
directions, rules of use
N1
(らんよう)
abuse, misuse, misappropriation, using to excess
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