費ついやす
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to spend; to expend; to consume
2. to waste; to squander; to throw away
3. to devote
Kanji used
expense
Pitch accent
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Top 7000
Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
to expend money; to spend money
Examples (32 in total)
I have spent a lot of money on my house.
He devoted a lot of time to study.
A considerable amount of time and effort have been spent already.
Students spend a lot of time playing.
She spends most of her income on books.
Joe spends the majority of his time in sports.
A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.
A student spends a lot of time studying.
I want to spend rest of the life pursuing my ideals.
Almost all of Tom's free time is spent on a golf course.
They didn't want to spend much time talking about it.
I spent three months compiling this data.
Five years have been spent building the new building.
I spent three years looking for a good director, but couldn't find one.
You ought not to have spent so much money on your hobby.
Many years have been spent in building the tower.
I spent three hours working on that problem.
She spent a good deal of money on her vacation.
He put a lot of time and effort into preparing for the exam.
Senior executives spend a lot of time training their subordinates.
I spent all yesterday afternoon cleaning my room.
I spent several days sorting through her papers.
They spent hours in argument about the future of Japan.
I've spent the entire morning cleaning my room.
I am determined to spend my lifetime pursuing my ideals.
Tom spends a lot of time helping Mary do her homework.
Tom doesn't mind devoting a lot of time to helping the homeless.
I didn't want to spend any more time cleaning the kitchen floor.
Many people think that children spend too much time watching TV.
I spent a great deal of time dealing with that problem last week.
She spent most of her life taking care of poor people.
Those who spend too much time traveling become strangers in their own country.