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使い回す；使いまわす
【つかいまわす】

1.	[v5s,vt] ▶ to use (the same thing) for multiple purposes ▶ to reuse
2.	[v5s,vt] ▶ to work (someone) hard ▶ to order around

Conjugations

History:

9.	A 2023-09-26 21:46:37 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
8.	A* 2023-09-26 19:50:10 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijr/s
	Diff:	@@ -16,2 +16,2 @@ -<gloss>to use one thing for several purposes</gloss> -<gloss>to use the same thing on multiple occasions</gloss> +<gloss>to use (the same thing) for multiple purposes</gloss> +<gloss>to reuse</gloss> @@ -22 +22 @@ -<gloss>to work someone hard</gloss> +<gloss>to work (someone) hard</gloss> @@ -24 +23,0 @@ -<gloss>to boss</gloss>
7.	A 2023-09-25 09:31:34 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
6.	A* 2023-09-25 06:47:16 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	[vt]: iwakoku
	Diff:	@@ -14,0 +15 @@ +<pos>&vt;</pos> @@ -19,0 +21 @@ +<pos>&vt;</pos>
5.	A 2014-01-03 08:39:14 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijs etc.
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4.	A* 2014-01-02 02:19:05 Richard Warmington <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	The usage and definitions I have found seem a bit different from the current definition here. Examples: - 使い回しがきく【つかいまわしがきく】 be useful for many occasions; WI1 - 汚染された針を（人）と使い回す【？】 share a dirty needle with; WI4 In the next example, the writer (a participant in a survey on several hair care products) seems to be complaining that the same product and picture have been reused for another product: 前の商品と画像が使い回しなのも気になる。 Here is one definition I found: 一つのものをいろいろに使う。「一足の靴をビジネス、レジャーにと―・す」 http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/146549/m0u/ Oh, wait! Wiktionary has both senses: 使い回す 1) use one thing for many purposes * 複数のサービスで同じパスワードを使い回したりしないよう呼びかけています。 They have appealed to them not to use the same password on multiple services. 2) work someone hard . I wonder whether "to put to heavy use" was intended as Wiktionary's sense #1. I think "use one thing for many purposes" or "use something on multiple occasions" (as in the sharing of the dirty needle) seems better for that sense.
	Diff:	@@ -14,0 +15,5 @@ +<gloss>to use one thing for several purposes</gloss> +<gloss>to use the same thing on multiple occasions</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5s;</pos> @@ -16 +20,0 @@ -<gloss>to put to heavy use</gloss>
3.	A 2010-11-08 01:54:24 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
2.	A 2010-11-06 18:10:01 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2010-11-06 16:09:27 Scott
	Refs:	gg5 daijs nikk

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