使い

Japanese edit

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

Alternative spelling
遣い

Etymology edit

Continuative form of 使う (tsukau, “to use”)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) つかい [tsùkáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [t͡sɨ̥ᵝka̠i]

Noun edit

使(つか)い • (tsukai) ^{←つかひ (tukafi)^?}

using; usage; use; utilization
a user
- 2000 April 20, “ウィップテイル・ガーゴイル [Whiptail Gargoyle]”, in Magic Ruler －魔法の支配者－, Konami:
  
  ムチのように長(なが)いしっぽを使(つか)い、空(くう)中(ちゅう)から襲(おそ)いかかってくる。
  Muchi no yō ni nagai shippo o tsukai, kūchū kara osoikakattekuru.
  He strikes down from the air with his long whip-like tail.
(folklore, fantasy) a charmer
an envoy; a messenger
Synonym: 使者 (shisha)
- 1999 March 6, “地(じ)獄(ごく)の裁(さい)判(ばん)”, in Starter(スターター) Box(ボックス), Konami:
  
  敵(てき)を棺(かん)桶(おけ)に閉(と)じこめ、地(じ)獄(ごく)の使(つか)いがグサリと判(はん)決(けつ)を下(くだ)す。
  Teki o kan'oke ni tojikome, jigoku no tsukai ga gusari to hanketsu o kudasu.
  This messenger of hell stabs down through enemies confined in coffins with its judgement.
- 2004 November 25, “神(しん)竜(りゅう) ラグナロク”, in FLAMING ETERNITY, Konami:
  
  神(かみ)の使(つか)いと言(い)い伝(つた)えられている伝(でん)説(せつ)の竜(りゅう)。その怒(いか)りに触(ふ)れた時(とき)、世(せ)界(かい)は海(うみ)に沈(しず)むと言(い)われている。
  Kami no tsukai to iitsutaerareteiru densetsu no ryū. Sono ikari ni fureta toki, sekai wa umi ni shizumu to iwareteiru.
  A dragon who, according to legends, is the messenger of the gods. They say once it is provoked, the whole world will sink beneath the sea.

Suffix edit

使(つか)い • (-tsukai) ^{←つかひ (tukafi)^?}

-er; -ist; -ator; -mancer (user; manipulator; tamer)
- 2000 March 1, “美(うつく)しき魔(ま)物(もの)使(つか)い”, in BOOSTER 7, Konami:
  
  珍(めずら)しい女(じょ)性(せい)の魔(ま)物(もの)使(つか)い。ムチを手(て)にすると、性(せい)格(かく)が変(か)わる。
  Mezurashii josei no mamonotsukai. Muchi o te ni suru to, seikaku ga kawaru.
  A rarely-seen woman who tames devils. They submit to her whipping.
- 2000 March 1, “地獄の魔物使い(モンスター・テイマー)”, in BOOSTER 7, Konami:
  
  モンスターを自(じ)在(ざい)に操(あやつ)り攻(こう)撃(げき)してくる、モンスター使(つか)い。
  Monsutā o jizai ni ayatsuri kōgeki shite kuru, monsutā tsukai.
  A monster tamer who attacks by manipulating monsters as he likes.
- 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)61(ろくじゅういち)話(わ)　愛(いと)しきものの為(もの)に”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド, volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 59:
  
  起(お)きてよ　風(かぜ)使(つか)いのにーちゃん！こんなことで寝(ね)てるとカゼひいちゃうよ
  Okite yo Kazetsukai no nī-chan! Konna koto de neteru to kaze hiichau yo
  Wake up, brother Wind Master! You’ll catch a cold if you keep sleeping like this
- 2003 September 22, Akinobu Uraku, “第(だい)61(ろくじゅういち)話(わ)　愛(いと)しきものの為(もの)に”, in 東京アンダーグラウンド, volume 11 (fiction), Tokyo: Enix, →ISBN, page 59:
  
  不(ふ)甲(が)斐(い)無(な)いな風(かぜ)使(つか)い
  Fugainaina Kazetsukai
  What kinda weak-ass Wind Master are you?

Derived terms edit

References edit

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

[NHK-1] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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