jmdict 1591980 Active (id#2298784)
気を使う； 気を遣う； 気をつかう [sK]
【 きをつかう 】
  1. [exp,v5u]
    • to worry (about)
    • to fuss (over)
    • to be careful (about)
    • to pay attention (to)
    • to take (good) care of
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1221520 気【き】 6. care; attention; consideration; worry
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2024-04-21 21:19:30 Stephen Kraus (id#2298784)
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬─────────┬───────╮
│ 気を使う　 │ 315,771 │ 66.2% │
│ 気を遣う　 │ 122,218 │ 25.6% │
│ 気をつかう │  38,337 │  8.0% │ - sK
│ きをつかう │     599 │  0.1% │
├─ーーーーー─┼─────────┼───────┤
│ 気を使っ　 │ 643,907 │ 65.3% │
│ 気を遣っ　 │ 241,667 │ 24.5% │
│ 気をつかっ │  99,640 │ 10.1% │
│ きをつかっ │   1,408 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴─────────┴───────╯
    • Diff
      @@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf>
    • A 2022-05-30 23:20:16 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-05-30 15:57:51 Robin Scott
    • Refs
      gg5, prog, daij
    • Diff
      @@ -19,4 +19,5 @@
-<gloss>to pay attention to another's needs</gloss>
-<gloss>to attend to</gloss>
-<gloss>to fuss about</gloss>
-<gloss>to take into consideration</gloss>
+<gloss>to worry (about)</gloss>
+<gloss>to fuss (over)</gloss>
+<gloss>to be careful (about)</gloss>
+<gloss>to pay attention (to)</gloss>
+<gloss>to take (good) care of</gloss>
    • A 2010-05-16 22:57:49 Scott
    • Diff
      @@ -18,0 +18,1 @@
+<pos>&v5u;</pos>
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