Results, to spend
- 費やす☆【ついやす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to spend; to expend; to consume
- to waste; to squander; to throw away
- to devote
- 過ごす☆【すごす】過す Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
- to pass (time); to spend
- to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
- to take care of; to support - archaism
godan ~す verb / auxiliary verb:
- to overdo; to do too much
- to ... without acting on it
若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐怖の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。 This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house.
名古屋の夏を涼しく過ごすには扇風機が必須だ。 In Nagoya summers a fan is essential to help stay cool.
- 明かす☆【あかす】 Inflection
godan ~す verb / transitive:
彼女は自分の秘密を明かすことには気が進まなかった。 She was reluctant to reveal her secret.
- かける☆《掛ける・懸ける》 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to hang up (e.g. a picture on the wall); to let hang; to suspend (from); to hoist (e.g. sail); to raise (e.g. flag) ➜ 壁にかける
- to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to cover
- to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.) ➜ 眼鏡を掛ける
- to make (a call) ➜ 電話を掛ける
- to spend (time, money); to expend; to use ➜ 時間を掛ける
- to pour (liquid) onto; to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto; to splash; to throw (e.g. water) onto somebody ➜ 塩をかける
- to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.); to set (a dial, an alarm clock, etc.); to put on (a DVD, a song, etc.)
- to cause (somebody inconvenience, trouble, etc.); to burden (someone); to impose ➜ 迷惑を掛ける
- to multiply (arithmetic operation)
- to secure (e.g. lock) ➜ 鍵を掛ける
- to take a seat; to sit; to rest (something on something else); to support (something on something else) ➜ 腰を掛ける
- to bind - also 繋ける
- to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble ➜ 賭ける【かける】
- to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on
- to hold (a play, festival, etc.)
- to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.)
- to argue (in court); to deliberate (in a meeting); to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.) ➜ 裁判に掛ける
- to increase further
- to catch (in a trap, etc.)
- to set atop
- to erect (a makeshift building)
- to apply (insurance) ➜ 保険を掛ける
- to pun (on a word); to use (a word) as a pivot word; to play on words ➜ 掛詞
suffix / ichidan verb:
かっこいい服を着てかっこいいサングラスをかける。 I wear cool clothes and cool sunglasses.
指名通話で国際電話をかけるといいよ。 It's best to make international calls person to person.
スーツにそんなにお金をかけるにはためらいがある。 I hesitate to pay so much for a suit.
- 送る★【おくる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit
- to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person)
- to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury
- to spend (time); to live one's life
- to pass (down the line)
- to affix okurigana ➜ 送り仮名
わたしは手紙で願書を送るよう決めた。 I wrote off for an application form.
空港まで送るよ。 I'll drive you to the airport.
いかにも敬虔なるクリスチャンが送る、礼節重き言葉です。 So characteristic of what a pious Christian would say, this courteous phrase.
- 暮らす☆【くらす】暮す Inflection
godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:
- to live; to get along
- to spend (time)
私はムスリムではないので断食を守る義務はないのだが、同じアパートで暮らす以上、そうした慣習に配慮することは大事なことだ。 I'm not a Muslim and so I have no obligation to observe the fast but as long as I'm living in the same apartment having consideration for such a custom is important.
- 使う★【つかう】遣う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
アジア諸国などから出稼ぎにきた外国人をメイドとして使うのが常識のようになっている。 It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
あぁいらいらする・・・今やパソコンを使うたびに頭痛がするよ。 So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!
- 暇にあかす【ひまにあかす】暇に飽かす Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to spend all of one's free time; to spend one's time without constraint
- 遊びほうける【あそびほうける】遊び呆ける・遊び惚ける Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
- 湯水のように使う【ゆみずのようにつかう】 Inflection
expression / godan ~う verb:
- to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with
- 虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す【とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす】
expression:
- he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name [literal] - proverb
- 夜を明かす【よをあかす】 Inflection
expression / godan ~す verb:
- to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
- 人は死して名を留む【ひとはししてなをとどむ】
expression:
- he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it - proverb
- 明け暮れる【あけくれる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / intransitive verb:
- to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
- 使いすぎる【つかいすぎる】使い過ぎる Inflection
ichidan verb:
- to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
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