(よう) (n,n-suf) (1) task; business; (2) use; duty; service; (3) (See 用を足す) call of nature; excretion; (P) [EDICT]
(yòng, ㄩㄥˋ) to use [CE-DICT]
直
(じか) (n-pref,adj-no,n) (See 直に・じかに) direct [EDICT]
(じき) (adj-na,adv,n) (1) soon; in a moment; before long; shortly; (2) nearby; close; (adj-no,n) (3) direct; (4) (See 直取引) spot transaction; cash transaction; (P) [EDICT]
(ただ) (adj-na,n,adv) (arch) straight; direct [EDICT]
(ちょく) (adj-na,adv,n) (1) direct; in person; frankness; honesty; simplicity; cheerfulness; correctness; being straight; (2) (See 当直) night duty; shift (e.g. in a factory); (P) [EDICT]
(しゃく) (n) (1) shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); (2) rule; measure; scale; (3) length; (P) [EDICT]
(あた;た(咫)) (n,n-suf,ctr) (arch) distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm) [EDICT]
(chǐ, ㄔˇ) a Chinese foot; one-third of a meter; a ruler; a tape-measure; a musical note on the traditional Chinese scale; one of the three acupoints for measuring pulse in Chinese medicine [CE-DICT]
取
(qǔ, ㄑㄩˇ) to take; to get; to choose; to fetch [CE-DICT]
代
(しろ) (n) (1) substitution; (2) material; (3) price; (4) margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something; (5) (arch) (See 段) shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.) [EDICT]
(だい) (n,n-suf) (1) charge; cost; price; (2) (See 台・だい・6) generation; age; reign; (3) (geological) era; (4) (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); (5) (See 代表電話番号) used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; (ctr) (6) (See 台・だい・6) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; (7) counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); (8) (abbr) (See 代理申請会社) proxy application company [EDICT]
(dài, ㄉㄞˋ) to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon [CE-DICT]
