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表層形
用たし
ヨータシ
名詞

用たし (ヨータシ)

Youtashi · よーたし — running errands, going on errands; (transaction of) business, going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet), going to the washroom

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用たし in rōmaji: youtashi, also spelled yotashi.

名詞 普通名詞 一般 *
📝 用足し 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月5日
📖 Grammar Information
表層形 (Surface)
用たし
見出し語 (Lemma)
用足し
読み (Reading)
ヨータシ
品詞 (POS)
名詞・普通名詞・一般・*
活用型 (Conj. Type)
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活用形 (Conj. Form)
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表記 (Orthography)
用たし
読み・基本形
ヨータシ
表記・基本形
用たし
見出し語の読み
ヨウタシ
💡 English Meaning

用たし means “running errands, going on errands; (transaction of) business, going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet), going to the washroom” — full definition & examples →

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用足し (ヨータシ) — main entry →

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The surface form (用たし) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (用足し) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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