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普段使い (ふだんづかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

普ふ段だん使づかい

Meanings

1

noun

everyday use; daily use

Refers to using something regularly in daily life, as opposed to special occasions.

このバッグは普ふ段だん使づかいにちょうどいい。
This bag is perfect for everyday use.
普ふ段だん使づかいの食しょっ器きはシンプルなものが好すきだ。
I like simple tableware for daily use.

Written forms

普ふ段だん使づかい
Standard kanji spelling.
不ふ断だん使づかい
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 不断 can also be read ふだん, but this spelling is uncommon.

Kanji

普universal, wide(ly), generally
段

grade, steps, stairs

使use, send on a mission, order

不negative, non-, bad

断severance, decline, refuse

Similar words

普ふ段だん
普段 is an adverb/noun meaning 'usual' or 'ordinarily'; 普段使い is the noun form specifically for 'everyday use' of an item.
日にち常じょう使づかい
Similar meaning, but 日常使い may sound slightly more formal or written.

Etymology

Compound of 普段 (ふだん, 'usual, everyday') and 使い (づかい, 'use, usage'). The reading づかい is a rendaku form of つかい.