• 使つかう — to use
• 使用しよう — use; usage
• 使者ししゃ — messenger
• 大使たいし — ambassador
• 天使てんし — angel
• 使つかい道みち — way of using

使 is a compound of 人 (person) and 吏 (official, serve). It originally referred to someone who works or serves on behalf of others — a messenger or servant. Over time, it came to mean “use” in a broader sense.

この道具どうぐを使つかってください。
Please use this tool.

日本語にほんごを使つかう機会きかいがふえました。
I’ve had more chances to use Japanese.

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