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jmdict 2016460 Active (id: 1123781)
用が足せる
ようがたせる
1. [exp,v1]
▶ to make oneself understood (in some language)
2. [exp,v1]
▶ to be able to relieve oneself
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1914780 用を足す【ようをたす】 2. to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

Conjugations


History:
6. A 2013-02-14 01:55:09  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
5. A* 2013-02-14 00:11:41  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: 彼は日常の用が足せる程度の英語は知っている. He can get by in everyday English
Eijiro: 英語で用が足せる : make oneself understood in English
Tanaka: 彼は英語で用が足せなかった。 He could not make himself understood in English. (and 5 other similar sentences)
プログレッシブ和英: 英語で用が足せる I can make myself understood in ./I have a working [functional] knowledge of .
  Comments:
I think this should be reinstated. Plenty of hits using it to mean understanding a language. I see quite a few pages relating to excretion using this clause too.
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +15,6 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&exp;</pos>
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
+<xref type="see" seq="1914780">用を足す・ようをたす・2</xref>
+<gloss>to be able to relieve oneself</gloss>
+</sense>
4. D 2010-12-27 20:32:59  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
3. D* 2010-12-27 14:23:44  Scott
  Comments:
I'm highly suspicious of this one. I think it's just another form of 用を足す. The confusion probably comes from this gg5 example:

彼は日常の用が足せる程度の英語は知っている. He can get by in everyday English.
2. A 2010-12-24 06:06:21  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Added additional PoS via batch update.Added additional PoS via batch update.
-*- via bulkupd.py -*-
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +12,1 @@
+<pos>&v1;</pos>
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