What does 使う mean in Japanese?

使う (つかう) means "to spend (money)" in Japanese.

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Q: How do you use 使う in a sentence?

本に千円使いました。 (ほんにせんえんつかいました。) — I spent a thousand yen on books.

Kana: つかう

to spend (money)

Example sentence

本に千円使いました。

ほんにせんえんつかいました。

I spent a thousand yen on books.

What 使う means

使う (つかう) is a Japanese word meaning “to spend (money)”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 1 (and again in Level 4), so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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Level 1

するする to do; to make 見るみる to look; to watch; to read 聞くきく to listen 書くかく to write 読むよむ to read 行くいく to go 来るくる to come 買うかう to buy 住むすむ to live (somewhere) 座るすわる to sit 帰るかえる to return; to go home できるできる can; to know how

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