よう
Meanings
Noun
1. business; task; errand; engagement
I have no further business here.
2. use; purpose
Suffix
3. for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...
What is often seen is clothing for girls.
Noun
4. call of nature; excretion
Pitch accent
よ
う
Used in vocabulary (250 in total)
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
Examples (78 in total)
Not for drinking.
Hay is for horses.
I have no further business here.
I'll go home right away once I'm done with my business.
By the way, what do you want with me?
The fabric is probably thin, being for summer.
We have a parking lot for the customers.
The one that was ringing was a private cell phone.
These are rubber gloves for work.
Do you have a bowl for soup?
This is a trash can for PET bottles.
I made a flyer for the election.
I had intended to dispose of it once I was done with it.
This room is for VIPs.
Please give me batteries for a camera.
What has brought you here?
Do you have a vegetarian menu?
Did you have your photograph taken for the driver's license?
What is often seen is clothing for girls.
I will go borrow a car for evacuation.
The church is decorated with flowers for the wedding.
My mother is making sandwiches for lunch.
It's not urgent, so it's fine.
I need new speakers for my computer.
Party games bring a party to life.
You, hurry up and go take care of your business.
Next, I bake bread for lunch.
Since it is the actual performance, please dress appropriately for it.
Apply tape as a marker for standing positions.
Could I have three plates for sharing, please?
It is like large-scale equipment for a department store.
While I was out, I also took care of some business at the post office.
We're one baton short for the relay.
I bought a pocket dictionary for traveling.
The novel was adapted for a film.
Where are the luggage carts?
The subjects for the experiment were chosen at random.
European plugs don't work here.
Our picnic plates are made of plastic.
Of course, we also sell cookies for takeout.
Excuse me, but do you not use training weapons?
They had plenty of money for the tour.
I bought lace curtains for my bedroom window.
So this technique is meant for fighting many opponents at once.
Please help me cut up vegetables for the salad.
It became popular among young people to wear hunting boots.
I just bought a new desk for my computer.
I made it so only root could access the administrative screen.
We're developing an Android application at the moment.
It is something provided for work purposes.
The sound is from the faculty parking lot outside the window.
I have to buy a new carpet for this room.
He sawed logs for the fireplace.
He compiled a Japanese folklore anthology for use in schools.
I use numbered index cards for each student.
I bought a loaf of bread for breakfast.
We have a holiday cottage in Denver.
It's originally for cutting metal, but it cuts really well.
Decorate the peach branches with festival ornaments and hand them over.
Sato had spread out textbooks and the like on a table for four people.
This room has two closets for clothing.
Can you secure me two good seats for the concert?
She picked out a pink shirt for me to try on.
Can I borrow your luggage for a short trip next weekend?
Well then, I'll go and get through my evening workout, nice and easy.
They loaded the trucks with emergency supplies for the earthquake victims.
Unfortunately, this mansion is built to a size meant for humans.
An elderly teacher is sitting in a student's chair, looking at a book.
Every year, I buy new notebooks for school.
I think I can make at least two traps for field mice.
She showed them how to fasten their seat belts.
There is no need to go out of one's way to make military ones; one can simply use ordinary vehicles.
Some hospitals hand out free samples of baby milk.
It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
Ignoring the commotion in front of the theater, I headed for the staff entrance.
This book is for students whose native language is not Japanese.
You should carry a chair and table for breaks in order to rest efficiently.
I bought three apples and two bunches of grapes for dessert at the market.