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走り使い (はしりづかい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
errand runner ; messenger
Refers to a person who runs errands or delivers messages, often in a domestic or office setting. Slightly dated; modern contexts may use 使い走り or メッセンジャー.
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In old merchant houses, errand boys were often employed.
Kanji 使 use, send on a mission, order Similar words 使つか い 走ばし り Synonymous; 使い走り is more common in modern Japanese. The word order is reversed, but the meaning is identical.
メッセンジャー Loanword from English; more modern and often used for professional courier or digital messaging contexts.
Etymology Compound of 走り (hashiri, 'running') + 使い (tsukai, 'errand, messenger'). The reading づかい is a rendaku form of つかい.
