使つかい分わける

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈相あい手て〉によって〈物もの〉を使つかい分わけるto use different things depending on who you're dealing with

  相あい手てによって言こと葉ばを使つかい分わける必ひつ要ようがある。

  You need to use different language depending on who you're talking to.

• 敬けい語ごを使つかい分わけるto switch between different levels of honorific speech appropriately

  日本にほん語ごでは場ば面めんによって敬けい語ごを使つかい分わける。

  In Japanese, you switch between levels of honorific speech depending on the situation.

• 〈場ば所しょ〉に応おうじて使つかい分わけるto use appropriately according to the place/context

  彼かれはビジネスとプライベートで話はなし方かたを使つかい分わける。

  He switches his way of speaking between business and private settings.