~遣い

~づかい · ~dukai · JLPT N2 · noun

use of ~

From 遣う tsukau, to use or send; as a suffix ts becomes z: -zukai

It is added to a noun to name how someone uses it: 言葉遣い kotobazukai is choice of words, 金遣い kanezukai is spending habits, 気遣い kizukai is care for others. The kana is づ (written dukai) because of rendaku voicing.

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