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出しに使う (だしにつかう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
expression, godan verb (-u)
use as a pretext ; use as an excuse
Used when someone exploits a situation or person as a convenient excuse or cover for their own actions. Often implies manipulation or taking advantage.
彼かの
女じょ
は
いつも
私わたし
を
出だ
し
に
使つか
っ
て
、
自じ
分ぶん
の
失しっ
敗ぱい
を
ごまかす
。
She always uses me as a pretext to cover up her own mistakes.
Written forms 出だ しに 使つか う
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling for this expression.
だしに 使つか う
Kana spelling of the first part; common in casual writing.
Kanji 使 use, send on a mission, order Etymology The expression combines 出し (dashi), which can mean 'pretext' or 'excuse', with 使う (tsukau, 'to use'). The exact historical derivation of 出し in this sense is uncertain, but it is related to the idea of 'bringing out' something as a reason.
