使い分ける
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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使 | 分 |
つか Grade: 3 |
わ Grade: 2 |
kun'yomi |
Etymology
[edit]Compound of 使い (tsukai, “using”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 使う (tsukau, “to use”)) + 分ける (wakeru, “to split, to divide”, transitive).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]使い分ける • (tsukaiwakeru) transitive ichidan (stem 使い分け (tsukaiwake), past 使い分けた (tsukaiwaketa))
- to choose and use something for different purposes, places, and times, to adapt something to something else
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "使い分ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 使い分け | つかいわけ | tsukaiwake | |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 使い分け | つかいわけ | tsukaiwake | |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 使い分ける | つかいわける | tsukaiwakeru | |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 使い分ける | つかいわける | tsukaiwakeru | |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 使い分けれ | つかいわけれ | tsukaiwakere | |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 使い分けよ¹ 使い分けろ² |
つかいわけよ¹ つかいわけろ² |
tsukaiwakeyo¹ tsukaiwakero² | |
Key constructions | ||||
Passive | 使い分けられる | つかいわけられる | tsukaiwakerareru | |
Causative | 使い分けさせる 使い分けさす |
つかいわけさせる つかいわけさす |
tsukaiwakesaseru tsukaiwakesasu | |
Potential | 使い分けられる 使い分けれる³ |
つかいわけられる つかいわけれる³ |
tsukaiwakerareru tsukaiwakereru³ | |
Volitional | 使い分けよう | つかいわけよう | tsukaiwakeyō | |
Negative | 使い分けない 使い分けぬ 使い分けん |
つかいわけない つかいわけぬ つかいわけん |
tsukaiwakenai tsukaiwakenu tsukaiwaken | |
Negative continuative | 使い分けず | つかいわけず | tsukaiwakezu | |
Formal | 使い分けます | つかいわけます | tsukaiwakemasu | |
Perfective | 使い分けた | つかいわけた | tsukaiwaketa | |
Conjunctive | 使い分けて | つかいわけて | tsukaiwakete | |
Hypothetical conditional | 使い分ければ | つかいわければ | tsukaiwakereba | |
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative ³ Colloquial potential |
Derived terms
[edit]- 使い分け (tsukaiwake)
References
[edit]Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 使 read as つか
- Japanese terms spelled with 分 read as わ
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese compound terms
- Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese verbs
- Japanese transitive verbs
- Japanese ichidan verbs
- Japanese shimo ichidan verbs
- Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms with 2 kanji