使い走り|つかいばしりtsukaibashiri

Common
つかいはしりtsukaihashiri[0]heiban (flat)
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verbrunning errands (for someone else)
    彼女かのじょの使い走つかいはしりをしようと一人ひとりの少年しょうねんが待機たいきした。↗
    A boy stood by to run errands for her.
  2. nounerrand boy; gofer; dogsbody
Conjugation
Dictionary form使い走りする(つかいばしりする)
Polite (masu)使い走りします(つかいばしりします)
Negative (nai)使い走りしない(つかいばしりしない)
polite (masen)使い走りしません(つかいばしりしません)
classical zu / nu使い走りせず・使い走りせぬ(つかいばしりせず・つかいばしりせぬ)
Past (ta)使い走りした(つかいばしりした)
polite (mashita)使い走りしました(つかいばしりしました)
Past negative (nakatta)使い走りしなかった(つかいばしりしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)使い走りしませんでした(つかいばしりしませんでした)
Te form使い走りして(つかいばしりして)
Potential使い走りできる(つかいばしりできる)
Passive使い走りされる(つかいばしりされる)
Causative使い走りさせる(つかいばしりさせる)
Causative passive使い走りさせられる(つかいばしりさせられる)
Conditional (ba)使い走りすれば(つかいばしりすれば)
tara使い走りしたら(つかいばしりしたら)
Volitional使い走りしよう(つかいばしりしよう)
polite (mashou)使い走りしましょう(つかいばしりしましょう)
Imperative使い走りしろ(つかいばしりしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonymお使いおつかいCasualColloquial word for an errand, typically buying or delivering something at someone's request; fits children and adults alike, as in 「お使いを頼む」.
  • Synonym使いつかいNeutralNeutral word for doing a task at someone's request or for a messenger or envoy; can also refer to a divine messenger, unlike 「使い走り」.
  • Synonym走り使いはしりづかいNeutralNeutral word for a person hurrying around on various errands for someone; almost interchangeable with 「使い走り」.
  • RelatedメッセンジャーボーイCasualColloquial loanword for a boy employed to deliver letters and documents; narrower than 「使い走り」, which covers errands generally.

Use 「使い走り」 for being sent around on errands, or for the person doing them; the colloquial short form 「パシリ」 adds a nuance of being bossed around. For a child sent out to buy things, say 「お使い」; for an envoy or messenger, 「使い」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 用事ようじを頼たのまれ、あちこちに使つかいに出でること。また、そのような人ひと。
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