用もちいる

もちいる mochiiru

to use
to make use of

ichidan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

使用

Examples

Furigana

この語ごは今いまでは用もちいられない。
That word has fallen out of use.
这个词现在已经不用了。
Tatoeba #222014
文ぶんの初はじめには大文字おおもじが用もちいられる。
A capital letter is used at the beginning of a sentence.
句首使用大写字母。
Tatoeba #83692

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('20bdc60bd0'); // 用いる

{
  "id": "20bdc60bd0",
  "word": "用いる",
  "reading": "もちいる",
  "romaji": "mochiiru",
  "meanings": [
    "to use",
    "to make use of"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v1",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1546210,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "この語は今では用いられない。",
      "furigana": "この{語|ご}は{今|いま}では{用|もち}いられない。",
      "en": "That word has fallen out of use.",
      "tatoeba_id": 222014
    },
    {
      "ja": "文の初めには大文字が用いられる。",
      "furigana": "{文|ぶん}の{初|はじ}めには{大文字|おおもじ}が{用|もち}いられる。",
      "en": "A capital letter is used at the beginning of a sentence.",
      "tatoeba_id": 83692
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "b5ddde36026561dea1999b300cb12e8994130031e1956b51e93bd8d371c69674",
    "meanings": [
      "使用"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "この語は今では用いられない。",
        "zh": "这个词现在已经不用了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "文の初めには大文字が用いられる。",
        "zh": "句首使用大写字母。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/20bdc60bd0",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1546210; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "17053fc24e8250481fc85c009a357e5a678e77b64331278bf66eb3cdb1987364"
  }
}