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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

費ついやす

N1
ついやす tsuiyasu
  1. to spend
  2. to devote
  3. to waste
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

花费;投入

Examples

  • つまらないことに時じ間かんを費ついやすな。
    Don't waste your time on trifles.
    不要把时间浪费在无聊的事上。
  • 多た額がくの金かねがその橋はしに費ついやされた。
    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"
  }
}