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Say how you do something

で marks the means — the tool, method, or transport you use to do something.

JLPTN5
means + で (by / with something)~ de

by / with (means)

Put after the thing you use: ペンで書く (write with a pen), でんしゃで行く (go by train), はしで食べる (eat with chopsticks). It answers "by what means?"

Tips and Common Traps

Hana· Key point

If you can ask "with what?", it's .

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