• 使用しよう — usage
• 用事ようじ — errand, business
• 用語ようご — terminology
• 用意ようい — preparation
• 利用りよう — utilization
• 作用さよう — action, effect

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The character 用 originally represented a wooden rack or frame — something structured and useful. It came to mean “to use,” and by extension, “utility” and “purpose” in both daily life and technical terms.

この言葉ことばは よく用もちいられます。
This word is often used.

明日あしたは 用事ようじがあります。
I have errands tomorrow.