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利用する

利用

Chinese

 
advantage; benefit; profit; sharp
to use
simp. and trad.
(利用)

Verb

利用

  1. to use; to utilise
    利用假期時間 [MSC, trad.]
    利用假期时间 [MSC, simp.]
    lìyòng jiàqī de shíjiān bǎ shū dú wán le. [Pinyin]
    He finished reading the book using time from the holiday.
  2. to take advantage of; to make use of; to exploit
    利用   Wǒ bèi tā lìyòng le.   I was taken advantage of by him.

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
よう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

利用 (hiragana りよう, romaji riyō)

  1. use, usage, utilization, application
  2. exploitation, taking advantage of

Synonyms

Compounds

Verb

利用する (transitive, hiragana りようする, romaji riyō suru)

  1. use, utilize
  2. exploit, take advantage of

Conjugation

Synonyms

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

利用 (iyong) (hangeul 이용)

  1. Hanja form? of 이용, “utilization”.