Kanji: 用

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	用 Radical name: もちいる
Meaning:	Utilize, business, service, use, employ
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 100 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	用(よう)	use
N4	用意(ようい)	preparation
N4	用事(ようじ)	things to do
N4	利用(りよう)	utilization
N3	引用(いんよう)	quotation, citation
N3	活用(かつよう)	conjugation, practical use
N3	器用(きよう)	skillful, handy
N3	使用(しよう)	use, application, employment, utilization
N3	信用(しんよう)	confidence, dependence, credit, faith
N3	適用(てきよう)	applying
N3	費用(ひよう)	cost, expense
N3	用(もち)いる	to use, to make use of
N3	用心(ようじん)	care, precaution, guarding, caution
N2	応用(おうよう)	application, put to practical use
N2	実用(じつよう)	practical use, utility
N2	通用(つうよう)	popular use, circulation
N2	日用品(にちようひん)	daily necessities
N2	用語(ようご)	term, terminology
N2	用途(ようと)	use, usefulness
N1	運用(うんよう)	making use of, application, investment, practical use
N1	慣用(かんよう)	common, customary
N1	兼用(けんよう)	multi-use, combined use, combination, serving two purposes
N1	公用(こうよう)	government business, public use, public expense
N1	雇用(こよう)	employment (long term), hire
N1	採用(さいよう)	use, adopt
N1	作用(さよう)	action, operation, effect, function
N1	私用(しよう)	personal use, private business
N1	使用人(しようにん)	employee, servant
N1	専用(せんよう)	exclusive use, personal use
N1	代用(だいよう)	substitution
N1	無用(むよう)	useless, futility, needlessness, unnecessariness
N1	用件(ようけん)	business
N1	用紙(ようし)	blank form
N1	用品(ようひん)	articles, supplies, parts
N1	用法(ようほう)	directions, rules of use
N1	濫用(らんよう)	abuse, misuse, misappropriation, using to excess