使(つか)いよう

古(ふる)い道(どう)具(ぐ)も、使(つか)い方(かた)によってはとても役(やく)に立(た)つことは『物(もの)は使(つか)いよう』ということです。

• The fact that even old tools can be very useful depending on how they are used means that 'it all depends on how you use things'.

あの子(こ)は少(すこ)し不(ぶ)器(き)用(よう)だけど、**馬(ば)鹿(か)と鋏(はさみ)は使(つか)いよう**で、念(ねん)入(い)りにやらせれば確(かく)実(じつ)に仕(し)事(ごと)は終(お)わる。

• That child is a bit clumsy, but anything can be done if used correctly, and if they are made to do it carefully, the work will definitely be finished.

どんなに陳(ちん)腐(ぷ)な知(ち)識(しき)も、適(てき)切(せつ)な場(ば)面(めん)で使(つか)えば新(あたら)しい価(か)値(ち)を生(う)むと言(い)いますから、まさに『ものは使(つか)いよう』ですね。

• They say that no matter how cliché knowledge may be, if used in the right context, it creates new value, so it really is a matter of how you use it.