気を使う

きをつかう

to pay attention to another's needs, to attend to, to fuss about, to take into consideration

空を使う

そらをつかう

to pretend not to know; to feign ignorance

人を使う

ひとをつかう

to take a person in one's service, to employ

術を使う

じゅつをつかう

to practice magic, to practise magic

頭を使う

あたまをつかう

to use one's head

湯水のように使う

ゆみずのようにつかう

to spend (money) like water, to spend (money) like it grows on trees, to throw around (one's money), to play ducks and drakes with

仮病を使う

けびょうをつかう

to feign illness

色目を使う

いろめをつかう

to make eyes at, to leer, to ogle

留守を使う

るすをつかう

to pretend to not be home, to pretend to be out

声色を使う

こわいろをつかう

to mimic someone's voice; to impersonate

神経を使う

しんけいをつかう

to be nervous, to be sensitive, to worry, to be fussy, to be precise

弁当を使う

べんとうをつかう

to eat a boxed lunch

行水を使う

ぎょうずいをつかう

to have a bath in the open air

人形を使う

にんぎょうをつかう

to manipulate puppets, to pull wires

手水を使う

ちょうずをつかう

to wash one's face and hands

使う

つかう

to use (a thing, method, etc.), to make use of, to put to use

居留守を使う

いるすをつかう

to pretend to be out

頤で人を使う

あごでひとをつかう

to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion, to push somebody around, to indicate someone by pointing one's chin

奥の手を使う

おくのてをつかう

to play one's trump card