Meaning

Primary

To Serve

Word Type

intransitive verb, ichidan verb

Explanation

Everything we're doing is to serve you, you know.

This verb is a bit archaic and therefore has a formal feel to it. It's used to talk about serving emperors, kings, and gods, among others.

Reading

つかえる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

To serve you well, we've gotten ourselves two cars (つか). If one breaks down, we can still serve you with the other car.

Context

Context Sentences

この家に仕える使用人は、とても礼儀が正しい。

The servants who serve in this house are very polite.

その女性は、明治天皇に仕えていた女官のようです。

The woman seemed to be a female official in the service of the Meiji Emperor.

はじめまして。今日から神に仕えることになった天使です。

Nice to meet you. I'm an angel who started serving God today.

Kanji Composition