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私用 (しよう): personal use, private business — Japanese vocabulary

私用 is read しよう and means "personal use, private business". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

私用

Reading
しよう · shiyou
Translation
personal use, private business
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しようが

Example

上司は会社の電話で私用の電話をかけたといって私をひどく叱った。

じょうしはかいしゃのでんわでしようのでんわをかけたといってわたしをひどくしかった。

My boss called me down for making private calls on the office phone.

Kanji in this word

  • 私 — I, private
  • 用 — use, business

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