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1

（＝物を使用する）to use; to employ

用例

• 教科書を使う
  to use a text-book―employ a text-book

• 学校でこの本を使っている
  We use this book in our school.
• 今度この本を使った（採用した）
  We have adopted this book.
• この本を使って（試用して）みようと思う
  I am going to try this book.
• この本は今一般に使っている
  The book is in general use.
• この本は使わなくなった
  This book has fallen into disuse―gone out of use―This book is out of use.
• この字書は日々使っている
  The dictionary is in daily use.
• 電話を使う
  to use a telephone
• 宅の電話をお使いなさい
  You can use―make use of―our telephone.
• 彼は金を善く使う
  He makes good use of his money―puts his money to a good use.
• 金を悪く使う
  He makes had use of his money―puts his money to a bad use.
• 彼は生きた金を使う
  He makes the most of his money.
• この室は何にお使いですか
  What is this room used for?
• これは使わない室です
  This is a spare room.
• この室は事務所に使っています
  This room is used for the office
  This room serves as the office.
• この室は教室に使える
  This room will serve for a class-room.
• この箱は食卓に使える
  The box may be used as a table
  This box will serve for a table.
• ラクダは乗用に使う
  The camel is used for riding.
• 狩に犬を使う
  Dogs are used in hunting.
• 道具を手荒く使ったために損じている
  The furniture is damaged by rough usage.
• 機械は使わないから錆びている
  The machine has rusted from want of usage.
• この船はまだ使える
  The ship is still fit for service.
• この馬は五年使える
  This horse is good for five year's service.
• 使える金、使えない金
  good money―bad money

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 楊枝を使う
  （歯をほじくるのなら）to pick one's teeth―（歯を磨くのなら）―clean one's teeth

• 手水を使う
  to wash oneself
• 行水を使う
  to have one's tub
• 賄賂を使う
  to bribe one
• 色目を使う
  （男なら）to ogle a girl―（女なら）―make eyes at a man
• 魔法を使う
  to practise magic
• 手妻を使う
  to perform conjuring tricks
• 人形を使う
  to pull the wires
• 蛇を使う
  to charm a snake
• 剣術を使う
  to fence
• 仮病を使う
  to feign illness―sham illness
• 鉱石から金を採るのに水銀を使う
  Gold ore is treated with mercury.

2

（＝人を使用する）to employ （a man）:（使っておく）to keep （a servant）; to keep （a man） in one's service; to keep （a man） in one's employ; to keep （a man） in one's pay

用例

• この人を使ってご覧なかなか間に合うから
  If you employ the man, you will find him very useful.

• 誰も怠け者は使わない
  No one will employ an idle man.
• あんな怠け者を使っておくことはできない
  I can not keep such an idle fellow in my service.
• 宅では女中は三人使っています
  We keep three maid-sevants.
• 彼は大勢人を使っている
  He keeps a large establishment.
• 彼は僕が使っておくのだ
  He is in my service―in my employ―in my pay.
• 僕は彼に使われている
  I am in his service―in his employ.
• 彼を試しに使ってみよう
  I will employ him by way of experiment―give him a trial―give him a chance.
• 私を使って下さい
  I beg to offer my services.
• 彼は英語教員に使ってくれと言った
  He offered his services as teacher of English.
• 人をひどく使う
  to work one hard―drive one hard―order one about―hold one's nose to the grindstone
• あんな奴に使われるのはいやだ
  I object to being ordered about by such a fellow.
• 側にいる者は親でも使え
  Use any one who comes handy.
• 親を使ってはもったいない
  It would be sinful to order about one's parents.
• 人を使う者は使われる
  The master is the servant of servants.

〈以下特例〉

用例

• 人を使うならまず人に使われてみる
  If you wish to command, you must first learn to obey
  Obedience is the best school for command.

• あの人なら安心して使える
  I can trust him.
• あの男はなかなか使える
  He is quite useful.
• いま一人の男は使えない男だ
  The other man is good for nothing.
• 彼は西洋人に会う時は通弁を使う
  When he sees a foreigner, he speaks through an interpreter.
• 人をだしに使う
  to use a man as a blind
• 彼は部下を頤で使う
  He has his people at his beck and call.
• 人をお先に使う
  to make a cat's paw of a man
• 彼らは彼の手足のように使われている
  They are his creatures.

3

（＝費消する）to spend （money）; to consume （articles of consumption）

用例

• 金を使う
  to spend money―（物入りの意味なら）―incur an expense

• 何に金を使う
  to spend money―（着物に）―on clothes―（酒のような消耗品なら）―in wine
• あの金を何に使ったか
  How did you spend the money?
• 彼は着物や本に金を使う
  He spends much money on books and clothes.
• 酒やタバコに金を使う
  He spends much money in wine and tobacco.
• 近頃人の為に金を使った
  I have incurred an expense―had an outlay―on another's account.
• 君は金を使い過ぎる
  You spend too much money
  You are too extravagant.
• 彼は金を使うから金持ちになれぬ
  He is too extravagant to become rich.
• あればあるだけ使ってしまう
  He spends all he has.
• お前に使えるだけ金をやろう
  You shall have as much money as you can spend.
• こんなに使い切れぬ
  I can not spend all this money.
• 彼は使いきれぬほど金がある
  He has more money than he can spend―more money than he knows how to dispose of.
• この金を使ってしまったらもっとやる
  When you have gone through―run through―this money, you shall have more.
• 金をやっと使ってしまった
  I have worked through the money.
• この金を使わずに取っておけ
  You must keep the money.
• 彼は湯水のように金を使う
  He spends money like water―squanders his money―makes ducks and drakes of his money.
• チビチビ金を使う
  He fritters away his money.
• ここに使える金が千円ある
  Here is 1,000 yen at my disposal.
• 人に金を使わせる
  to put one to expense
• 君にこう金を使わせては済まない
  I am sorry to put you to such expense.
• お前の為に金を使った
  You have put me to expense
  I am put to expense on your account.
• 日本で使うだけの米は日本でできぬ
  Japan can not produce all the rice she consumes.
• 宅では日に何十となく卵を使います
  We consume dozens of eggs every day.
• 僕は何連という紙を使う
  I consume reams of paper.
• 日本で砂糖をどのくらい使うか
  What is the consumption of sugar in Japan?

4

（＝行使する）to circulate, pass, utter （counterfeit money）

用例

• 贋造紙幣を使う者がある
  Some people are circulating counterfeit notes.

• 彼は贋造紙幣と知って使ったのだ
  He passed what he knew to be counterfeit coin.

5

（＝要る）to want（は英国）:（米国では）to need

用例

• 君は明日この本を使うか
  Do you want this book―need this book―tomorrow?

• この金は当分使わぬ
  I do not want the money for the present
  I do not need this money for the present
  I can do without the money for the present.

6

（＝扱う）to work （a machine）; to handle （a tool）; to manipulate （an instrument）

用例

• どれほど好い船があっても使うことができなけりゃ無用の長物だ
  The best ships are useless if you do not know how to work them.

• この機械を使ってご覧に入れる
  I will show you how to work the machine
  You shall see the machine work.
• この器械は乱暴に使ったために損じた
  The machine is damaged by rough handling.

7

（＝話す）to speak （English）; to hold （a language）

用例

• 誤り無く英語を使う人は少ない
  Few Japanese speak English without making mistakes.

• 彼は下手な英語を使う
  He speaks broken English―murders the King's English.
• 彼は傲慢な言葉を使う
  He holds haughty language.

8

（＝食う）to eat; to take

• 弁当を使う
  to take lunch