使いこなす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
使
つか
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
使い熟す

Etymology

Compound of 使い (tsukai, to use, 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei) of the verb 使(つか) (tsukau)) + こなす (-konasu, to do something well, completely)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) かいこな [tsùkáíkónáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝka̠iko̞na̠sɨᵝ]

Verb

使(つか)いこなす (tsukaikonasu) つかひこなす (tukafikonasu)?godan (stem 使(つか)いこなし (tsukaikonashi), past 使(つか)いこなした (tsukaikonashita))

  1. to use something skilfully, to use something to its full potential

Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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