JLPT N4 · Noun

用 (you)

用 (よう, you) is a Japanese noun meaning “business; task”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: よう
Romaji: you
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

business; task; errand; engagement · noun
use; purpose · noun
for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ... · suffix noun
call of nature; excretion · noun

Example sentences

何の用でここに来たのですか。

What has brought you here?

Tatoeba #187700

それから服を着て、講義用のメモを手さげ鞄に詰め込み、階段を駆け下りた。

Then he got dressed, stuffed his lecture notes into his briefcase, and ran down the stairs.

Tatoeba #205905

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 用

utilize, business, serviceヨウ・もち.いる · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 用.

利用りようuse用事ようじbusiness用意よういpreparation使用しようuse信用しんようconfidence引用いんようquotation活用かつようpractical use器用きようskillful用心ようじんcare適用てきようapplication (of a rule, law, method, etc.)費用ひようcost私用しようpersonal use用いるもちいるto use応用おうよう(practical) application

Source: JMdict entry 1546200 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.