使し用よう

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使用する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General term for using something for a purpose. Slightly more formal than 使う (つかう). Common in written and official contexts.

〈物もの〉を使し用ようするto use (something)
このソフトは無む料りょうで使し用ようできます。
This software can be used for free.
〈物もの〉の使し用ようを禁きん止しするto prohibit the use of something
この公こう園えんでは自じ転てん車しゃの使し用ようを禁きん止ししている。
The use of bicycles is prohibited in this park.
〈物もの〉の使し用ようを許きょ可かするto permit the use of something
会かい社しゃは個こ人じんのパソコンの使し用ようを許きょ可かした。
The company allowed employees to use personal computers.
〈物もの〉の使し用ように適てきするto be suitable for use (as something)
このタオルは業ぎょう務む用ようとしての使し用ように適てきしている。
This towel is suitable for commercial use.

使つかうN5
使う is the everyday verb for 'use', while 使用 is a more formal noun/する-verb typical of manuals and official rules.
利り用ようN4
利用 stresses making beneficial use of something (like a service or facility), while 使用 is a neutral term for simply employing a tool or resource.
用もちいるN3
用いる is a literary verb meaning 'to employ/use', close in formality to 使用 but conjugates as a verb rather than pairing with する.
活かつ用ようN3
活用 means to make full or effective use of something, adding a sense of maximizing benefit that plain 使用 lacks.

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行こう使しN1
使用 is the general word for using tools, facilities, or services, while 行使 is reserved for exercising abstract rights, authority, or power.
消しょう費ひN3
使用 means simply using something without implying it is used up, while 消費 specifically means consuming or depleting a resource.

試し用よう
使用 (general use) and 試用 (trial use, as in a free trial period) share the identical reading しよう but differ in meaning.
私し用ようN1
使用 means 'use' in general, whereas 私用 (same reading しよう) specifically means 'personal/private use', as opposed to official use.
仕し様ようN1
使用 refers to the act of using something, while 仕様 (also read しよう) means 'specification' or 'design spec', a completely different meaning.
実じつ用ようN2
実用 means being practically useful or fit for real-world use, while 使用 simply means 'use' in a neutral, general sense.

回かいN4
使用 is typically counted with 回 when referring to the number of times something is used, as in 使用回数.

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使し用よう前ぜん
before use
使し用よう域いき
register
使し用よう後ご
after use; post-use
使し用よう感かん
user experience; feel during use; impression after trying · signs of use; wear and tear
使し用よう方ほう
method of use; how to use

Sino-Japanese compound of 使 (use, employ) and 用 (use, utilize).