用いる

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
もち
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 持ち (mochi, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of verb 持つ (motsu), “to have, hold) +‎ 率る (iru, to bring along).[1][2][3]

Also historically spelled 用ひる (mochihiru) in some texts since before the Edo period (see that entry for further detail).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "用いる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
用いる ちい [mòchííꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 用いろ ちい [mòchííꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 用いられる ちいられ [mòchííráréꜜrù]
Causative 用いさせる ちいさせ [mòchíísáséꜜrù]
Potential 用いられる ちいられ [mòchííráréꜜrù]
Volitional 用いよう ちいよ [mòchííyóꜜò]
Negative 用いない ちいない [mòchííꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 用いなかった ちいなかった [mòchííꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 用います ちいま [mòchíímáꜜsù]
Perfective 用いた いた [mòchíꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 用いて いて [mòchíꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 用いれば ちいれば [mòchííꜜrèbà]

Verb[edit]

(もち)いる (mochiiruもちゐる (motiwiru)?transitive ichidan (stem (もち) (mochii), past (もち)いた (mochiita))

  1. to use, make use of, utilize
    Synonyms: 使用する (shiyō suru), 使う (tsukau)
    (ひがし)アジアで(もち)いられている(げん)()
    Higashi-Ajia de mochiirarete iru gengo
    languages used in East Asia
  2. to adopt, employ
    Synonym: 採用する (saiyō suru)
  3. to appoint, assign
    Synonym: 登用する (tōyō suru)
  4. to employ, hire
  5. to need

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN