費やす
N1ついやす tsuiyasu
- to spend
- to devote
- to waste
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
花费;投入
Examples
- つまらないことに時間を費やすな。Don't waste your time on trifles.不要把时间浪费在无聊的事上。
- 多額の金がその橋に費やされた。A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.那座桥花费了大量资金。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('20ac1171ef'); // 費やす
{
"id": "20ac1171ef",
"word": "費やす",
"reading": "ついやす",
"romaji": "tsuiyasu",
"meanings": [
"to spend",
"to devote",
"to waste"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5s",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1484600,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "つまらないことに時間を費やすな。",
"furigana": "つまらないことに{時間|じかん}を{費|つい}やすな。",
"en": "Don't waste your time on trifles.",
"tatoeba_id": 202547
},
{
"ja": "多額の金がその橋に費やされた。",
"furigana": "{多額|たがく}の{金|かね}がその{橋|はし}に{費|つい}やされた。",
"en": "A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.",
"tatoeba_id": 138284
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "c7b5b58d17b02725081f96e27e835544e25488dfb11861528331fb3d16a448ac",
"meanings": [
"花费",
"投入"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "つまらないことに時間を費やすな。",
"zh": "不要把时间浪费在无聊的事上。"
},
{
"ja": "多額の金がその橋に費やされた。",
"zh": "那座桥花费了大量资金。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/20ac1171ef",
"JMdict ent_seq 1484600; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "c2c678093d5075443e13b072d17922b28c7f16a221fbce9b2e410ea78194eda8"
}
}