よう
Meanings
Noun
1. business; task; errand; engagement
2. use; purpose
Suffix
3. for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...
Noun
4. call of nature; excretion
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (231 in total)
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
Examples (47 in total)
I'm here. What do you want?
Not for drinking.
Hay is for horses.
What has brought you here?
We have a parking lot for the customers.
Do you have a bowl for soup?
This room is for VIPs.
Please give me batteries for a camera.
Do you have a vegetarian menu?
Did you have your photograph taken for the driver's license?
The church is decorated with flowers for the wedding.
My mother is making sandwiches for lunch.
I need new speakers for my computer.
Party games bring a party to life.
Where are the sanitary napkins?
We're one baton short for the relay.
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.
They had plenty of money for the tour.
The park was designed for small children.
I bought lace curtains for my bedroom window.
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.
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.
We have a holiday cottage in Denver.
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?
Every year, I buy new notebooks for school.
She showed them how to fasten their seat belts.
Some hospitals hand out free samples of baby milk.
They loaded the trucks with emergency supplies for the earthquake victims.
In the case of commercial airplanes, private companies compete to sell their product.
It is important to maintain backward compatibility with software that was written to run on the former system.
This book is for students whose native language is not Japanese.
I use numbered index cards for each student.
I bought a loaf of bread for breakfast.
I bought three apples and two bunches of grapes for dessert at the market.