How to say "occupied" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 忙しいいそがしいi-adjectiveCovers occupied meaning busy: your time is taken up with work or tasks. Use it when you want to tell someone you are occupied at the moment — the common word for having no free time.
- 有人ゆうじんno-adjectiveCovers occupied meaning manned or piloted: a vehicle or facility that has people aboard or on site. It is really the 'manned, staffed' term, not the way to say a seat or room is taken.
Choose 「忙しい」 when occupied means busy or tied up with tasks, and 有人 when it means manned — a place or vehicle that has people in it; neither fits the military sense, as in occupied territory.
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