Definition of お使い (おつかい)

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お使い

おつかい

otsukai

noun
1.
errand, mission, going as envoy(polite language)
2.
messenger, bearer, errand boy, errand girl(polite language)
3.
familiar spirit(polite language, honorific language)
Other readings:
御使い【おつかい】
お遣い【おつかい】
御遣い【おつかい】
お使【おつかい】[1]
御使【おつかい】[1]
Notes:
  1. irregular okurigana usage
Related Kanji
使 use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause
honorable, manipulate, govern
dispatch, despatch, send, give, donate, do, undertake
Example sentences(showing 4 results)

The boy often runs errands

The child worked for him, going on errands

Today I'm shopping in town as well as running an errand for my grandmother

Will you go out on an errand