用いる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用
もち
Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

  • (Tokyo) もちい​る [mòchííꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])[3]
  • (Tokyo) もちいる [mòchíírú] (Heiban – [0])[3]
  • IPA(key): [mo̞t͡ɕiːɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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 もちい​る [mòchííꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 用いろ もちい​ろ [mòchííꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 用いられる もちいられ​る [mòchííráréꜜrù]
Causative 用いさせる もちいさせ​る [mòchíísáséꜜrù]
Potential 用いられる もちいられ​る [mòchííráréꜜrù]
Volitional 用いよう もちいよ​ー [mòchííyóꜜò]
Negative 用いない もちい​ない [mòchííꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 用いなかった もちい​なかった [mòchííꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 用います もちいま​す [mòchíímáꜜsù]
Perfective 用いた もち​いた [mòchíꜜìtà]
Conjunctive 用いて もち​いて [mòchíꜜìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 用いれば もちい​れば [mòchííꜜrèbà]

Verb

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

  1. to use, make use of, utilize
    Synonyms: 使用する (shiyō suru), 使う (tsukau)
    東(ひがし)アジアで用(もち)いられている言(げん)語(ご)
    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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Proverbs

See also

References

  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. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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