Meaning of 費やす in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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費やすJLPT 1
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Kana Readingついやす
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Romajitsuiyasu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `su` ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to spend; to devote; to waste
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Example Sentences
費やす, ついやす used in context
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I spent three years looking for a good director, but couldn't find one.
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I want to spend rest of the life pursuing my ideals.
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本来は、貧困層の女性や子供に医療保護を提供するために創設された制度である、アメリカ低所得者医療扶助制度が、今日では、その予算の約3分の1を老人に費やしている。
Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.
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She spends most of her income on books.
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彼女は人生のほとんどを貧しい人々の世話をするために費やした。
She spent most of her life taking care of poor people.
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She spent a good deal of money on her vacation.
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