お使つかい

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Meanings

errand; going on an errand

Polite noun for a small task or shopping trip done for someone else. Often used in the phrase お使いに行く or お使いを頼む.

お使つかいに行いくto go run an errand
母ははに頼たのまれて、お使つかいに行いった。
My mother asked me to run an errand for her.
お使つかいの人ひとthe person sent on an errand; the messenger
お使つかいの人ひとが荷に物もつを届とどけに来きた。
The errand runner came to deliver the package.
〈人ひと〉にお使つかいを頼たのむto ask someone to run an errand
近きん所じょの子こ供どもにお使つかいを頼たのんだ。
I asked a neighborhood kid to run an errand for me.

使し者しゃ sense 2
使者 is a formal, often official term for a messenger or envoy, while お使い in its messenger sense is a softer, everyday word that can sound child-oriented or old-fashioned.
用よう事じN5sense 1
用事 is a general term for something one has to do or attend to, whereas お使い specifically means running an errand (often shopping) on someone else's behalf.

使つかいplainN2sense 1
使い is the plain, direct word for an errand or messenger, while お使い adds the honorific お and is the polite form typically used by or toward children and in everyday polite speech.

お使つかい
Standard polite form; the most common spelling in modern Japanese.
お遣つかい
Kanji spelling using 遣; less common but still seen, especially in formal writing.

Polite form of 使い (つかい, 'errand; messenger'), with the honorific prefix お. The kanji 遣 is sometimes used for the stem, but 使 is more common.