やく
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, つ)
1. to be helpful; to be useful
Kanji used
role
standing up
Pitch accent
にたつ
Top 1300
Composed of
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
Examples (55 in total)
Was that helpful?
I hope it's helpful.
This is useless.
Do you think that will be useful?
Personal computers are very useful.
The towel was quite useless.
Running away is shameful, but it's useful.
Computers are very useful.
What use does economics have?
Credit cards are useful but dangerous.
That didn't help them any.
This book could be useful to you.
This book probably won't be all that useful.
His opinion is always of no use.
All my efforts went for nothing.
This machine is very useful.
The data was completely useless.
The horse is a very useful animal.
A horse is very useful.
Speaking English is useful.
Electricity is very useful.
His advice counted for little.
His advice didn't help much.
English is useful in commerce.
Swimming is a very useful skill.
His son is lazy and good for nothing.
She gave us some useful information.
This book may well be useful to you.
Repetition helps you remember something.
Our best efforts weren't of much help.
Your advice is always helpful to me.
This dictionary is as useful as that one.
I wish I had not bought such a useless thing.
The information is useful to a great many people.
I will be glad if I can be of any service to you.
What is the use of reading magazines?
This is a useful book and, what is more, it is not expensive.
It may help to look at the problem from another angle.
The expensive machine turned out to be of no use.
On this site, there are many useful articles.
Any of these books will be helpful to you.
Tony gave us a piece of helpful advice.
This guidebook might be useful on your trip.
Take this folding umbrella with you. It might come in handy.
I want to buy this book not because it is cheap, but because it is useful.
I try to read as many valuable books as I can.
Advice isn't much good to me. I need money.
If there's anything I can do for you, please let me know.
The scholar regards so-called compulsory education as useless.
The old man gave me a useful piece of advice.
The methodology used in his study is also helpful to us in conducting our research.
The extra room proved very useful when we had visitors.
Iron is much more useful than gold.
This is the more useful of the two.
Cows are more useful than any other animal in this country.