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Grade 5JLPT N3

expense, cost, spend, consume, waste

12 strokes · frequency rank #321

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つい.やす、つい.える

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Common words

  1. しょうひconsumption; expenditure; spending1
    • The car consumes a lot of fuel.

    • He consumes an enormous amount of liquor.

    • Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.

  2. ひようcost; expense2
    • You have to pay for utilities.

    • It's a matter of cost.

    • He left cost out of account.

  3. しょうひぜいconsumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)3
    • Will the government raise the consumption tax soon?

    • The price includes the consumption tax.

    • In general, people were against the consumption tax.

  4. しょうひしゃconsumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user; buyer4
    • In America 'rebate' is widely recognized, generally as an incentive where makers give back directly to consumers.

    • In general, consumers prefer quantity to quality.

    • The consumer price index has been fluctuating wildly.

  5. けいひexpenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays5
    • We must cut down our expenses.

    • I paid the bill out of my expense account.

    • Let's cut down our expenses.

  6. じんけんひpersonnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost6
  7. かいひmembership fee7
    • Each member has to pay a membership fee.

    • There's no membership fee for joining.

    • There's no membership fee for joining.

  8. こうひpublic expense; public funds; public money; public expenditure8
  9. cost; expense9
    • I estimate the production costs to be 36 percent of the budget.

    • Does the price include accommodation?

    • I'd like to get information about your hospital fee.

  10. しゅっぴexpenses; disbursements10
    • We must cut our expenses to save money.

    • Keeping a car is a considerable expense.

    • The undertaking entailed great expense upon the government.

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