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VocabJLPT N1

errand

NounSuffixPrefix

Definitions

1. errand
2. mission
3. messenger
4. familiar spirit

This noun refers to a messenger or errand, meaning someone who is sent to deliver a message or carry out a task on behalf of another. It can also refer to the act of running an errand itself, and is often seen as part of compound words describing specific types of errands or spending habits.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Being sent on errands over and over again really wears you out.

Sentence 2

I only took on the errand because I happened to be nearby.

Sentence 3

Who asked you to run this errand?

Sentence 4

Running an errand just before dinner has a strangely melancholy feeling to it.

Sentence 5

It makes me so angry — it's like my whole life is just running errands for someone else!