用
Meanings
Noun
1. business; task; errand; engagement
2. use; purpose
Suffix
3. for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...
Noun
4. call of nature; excretion
Kanji used
Pitch accent
よう
Used in vocabulary
専用
(one's) exclusive use; private use; personal use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand); using solely
Noun
用足し
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom; purveying; purveyor
Noun
当用漢字
tōyō kanji; list of 1,850 kanji approved for general use in 1946, superseded by the jōyō kanji in 1981
Noun
Examples89
何の 用 で ここ に 来た のです か。
What has brought you here?
それから 服 を 着て、 講義 用 の メモ を 手さげ 鞄 に 詰め込み、 階段 を 駆け下りた。
Then he got dressed, stuffed his lecture notes into his briefcase, and ran down the stairs.
私 は 今日 は もう 用 が ない。
I have nothing more to do today.
君 は 自分 用 の 部屋 を 持っています か。
Do you have a room of your own?
彼ら は 旅行 用 の お金 は たくさん もっていた。
They had plenty of money for the tour.
その 公園 は 小さな 子ども 用 に 造られた。
The park was designed for small children.