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18 word matches found for '使' using reading 'づか'
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Most common form: むだ遣い
wasting ... on (e.g. money); squandering; waste; frittering away
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noun
(way of) spending money
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speech; expression; wording; language
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Most common form: 心遣い
solicitude; sympathy; anxiety; regard for; consideration (for others); watchfulness; care
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noun
chief puppeteer (bunraku); manipulates the head and right arm  (see also: 三人遣い)
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noun
color usage
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noun
errand runner
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noun
janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman  (see also: 用務員; obsolete term)
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Most common form: 上目遣い
noun
upturned eyes
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noun
handling one's workmen
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noun
maid
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noun
brushwork
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noun
fingering (of a musical instrument)  (see also: 運指)
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noun
kana orthography; syllabary spelling
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Most common form: 旧仮名遣い
noun
former (i.e. before the post-WWII reforms) kana usage in writing the readings of kanji  (see also: 新仮名遣い)
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noun
wild-animal tamer  (see also: 使い)
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noun
chopstick usage
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expression
fools use people to pick up things lying at their own feet; stupidity of using people for small things  (idiomatic expression)
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