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用途 (ようと) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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途と
を
変へん
更こう
する
に
は
許きょ
可か
が
必ひつ
要よう
です
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Permission is required to change the use of this room.
Usage patterns 用よう 途と に 応おう じて 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 depending on the intended use, to do ~
This product comes in various shapes depending on its intended use.
用よう 途と を 変へん 更こう する to change the designated use (of land, a building, etc.)
We filed an application to change the designated use of this land.
用よう 途と が 限かぎ られる to have limited applications
This material has limited applications.
〈 物もの 〉 に 用よう 途と がある for something to have a use or application
This tool has various uses.
Kanji 用 utilize, business, service Related words· 6 使い道 is the everyday, conversational word for how something is used, while 用途 is more neutral to formal and typical of technical or product contexts.
用法 focuses on the method or manner of using something, whereas 用途 focuses on the purpose or application it serves.
目的 refers broadly to an aim or objective, while 用途 specifically denotes what something is used for.
用途 is the general word for how something (money or objects) is used or applied, while 使途 narrows the focus specifically to how money has been spent.
Show 2 more 用途 specifically names the application or way something is used, while 用 can mean 'use' or 'purpose' in a broader, more general sense.
用途 focuses on the purpose or application something is put to, whereas 利用方法 describes the concrete steps or manner of using it.
Don't confuse with 用地 (land for a purpose) and 用途 (the purpose or use of something) share the kanji 用 and sound similar, but 用途 refers to a use or application, not to land itself.
用途 means the purpose or application something is put to (what it's used for), while 用法 means the manner or method of using it (how it's used).
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 用, associated with use or employment, and 途, associated with a way or course; together it conventionally means the way or purpose for which something is used.
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