使
シ, つか.う, つか.い, つか.い, づか.い

use, send on a mission, order, messenger, envoy, ambassador, cause

JLPT4 G3 S8 F219

# official (n.) + person → *messenger*/*envoy* dispatched on an *errand* or *mission* → *servant*; *work for* (another) → *use* (← make use of a functionary) → *make/force to do*.

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