ついやす – Vocabulary details

ついやす

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to spend; to expend; to consume

かなりの時じ間かんを費ついやしているのは間ま違ちがいない。There is no doubt that a considerable amount of time is being spent.

2. to waste; to squander; to throw away

全まったくこんなくだらない事ことに貴き重ちょうな時じ間かんを費ついやしてしまった。Honestly, I wasted precious time on something so pointless.

3. to devote

彼かの女じょはバイト以い外がいの時じ間かんは勉べん強きょうに費ついやし、成せい績せきは常つねにトップを維い持じ。She devotes all her time outside her part-time job to studying and always keeps her grades at the top.