Vocabulary

What does 役に立つ (やくにたつ, yakunitatsu) mean?

役に立つ (やくにたつ, yakunitatsu) means to be useful, to be helpful.

Quick facts
Readingやくにたつ
Romajiyakunitatsu
Part of speechexpression, godan verb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
やくにたつ
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonyakunitatsu

to be useful, to be helpful

  1. 1expression · godan verb to be helpful; to be useful

Example sentences

  • This dictionary is very useful.

  • The Japanese I learned turned out to be useful at work.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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