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使い捨て (tsukaisute) Japanese meaning: disposable | Kotomora

使つかい捨すて

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

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noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

disposable; single-use; throwaway

Describes items designed to be used once and then discarded. Commonly used with products like cameras, contact lenses, chopsticks, and containers.

使つかい捨すてカメラを買かった。

I bought a disposable camera.

この容よう器きは使つかい捨すてですか。

Is this container disposable?

Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を使つかい捨すてにするto treat something as disposable, discarding it after one use
このマスクは使つかい捨すてにするタイプです。
This mask is the type meant to be used once and thrown away.
〈人ひと〉を使つかい捨すてにするto treat a person as expendable, discarding them once they're no longer useful
会かい社しゃは社しゃ員いんを使つかい捨すてにするようなブラック企き業ぎょうだった。
The company was the kind of exploitative business that treats its employees as expendable.

Kanji

使use, send on a mission, order
捨discard, throw away, abandon
遣dispatch, despatch, send

Related words

消しょう耗もう品ひん
使い捨て describes items meant to be discarded after a single use, while 消耗品 refers more broadly to supplies that get used up over time, like batteries or ink.

Opposites

再さい利り用ようN3
使い捨て means throwing an item away after one use, whereas 再利用 means using it again instead of discarding it.
リサイクルN4
使い捨て discards an item after a single use, while リサイクル recovers and reprocesses its materials for reuse.

Don't confuse with

使つかい切きり
使い捨て means an item is designed to be thrown away after one use, while 使い切り means using something entirely up (like finishing a bottle), not necessarily discarding a physical object designed for single use.

Word family· 7

使つかい捨すて装そう置ち
throw-away device; disposable device
使つかい捨すてカメラ
disposable camera; single-use camera
使つかい捨すてレンズ
disposable contact lenses

Written forms

使い捨てUsage100%
- つかいすて
  Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general use.
- つかいずて
遣い捨て
- つかいすて
  Uncommon variant using 遣 instead of 使; rarely seen in modern writing.

Etymology

Compound of 使い (stem of 使う 'to use') + 捨て (stem of 捨てる 'to throw away'), literally 'use and throw away'.

使つか

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捨す

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disposable contact lenses

使つかい捨すてパスワード

disposable password; one-time password

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使つかい捨すてコンタクトレンズ
disposable contact lenses
ワンデー使つかい捨すてコンタクトレンズ
daily disposable contact lenses

つかいずて

使い捨

irregular okurigana

つかいすて
Irregular okurigana usage; not standard.
つかいずて

つかいずて