出費|しゅっぴshuppi[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbexpenses; disbursements
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 出費する（しゅっぴする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 出費します（しゅっぴします） |
| Negative (nai) | 出費しない（しゅっぴしない） |
| polite (masen) | 出費しません（しゅっぴしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 出費せず・出費せぬ（しゅっぴせず・しゅっぴせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 出費した（しゅっぴした） |
| polite (mashita) | 出費しました（しゅっぴしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 出費しなかった（しゅっぴしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 出費しませんでした（しゅっぴしませんでした） |
| Te form | 出費して（しゅっぴして） |
| Potential | 出費できる（しゅっぴできる） |
| Passive | 出費される（しゅっぴされる） |
| Causative | 出費させる（しゅっぴさせる） |
| Causative passive | 出費させられる（しゅっぴさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 出費すれば（しゅっぴすれば） |
| tara | 出費したら（しゅっぴしたら） |
| Volitional | 出費しよう（しゅっぴしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 出費しましょう（しゅっぴしましょう） |
| Imperative | 出費しろ（しゅっぴしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym支出ししゅつNeutralMoney paid out for a set purpose; rather formal, common in budgets and accounts, e.g. 「国家の支出」. 「出費」 stresses the burden of the money spent.
- Synonym費消ひしょうWrittenWritten, formal prose: spending money until it is all gone, and also misappropriating or embezzling funds. 「出費」 means ordinary expenses.
- Synonym費用ひようNeutralThe cost or expense needed to do something. 「出費」 focuses on the money actually spent and the burden it brings.
- Related出金しゅっきんNeutralWithdrawing money from an account or paying it out. 「出費」 refers to the expenses you incur, not the act of moving money out.
- Related支払うしはらうNeutralThe most general verb for paying. 「出費」 is a noun that focuses on the expenses incurred rather than the act of paying.
- Related支弁しべんWrittenWritten, formal prose: paying or bearing expenses. 「出費」 denotes the expenses themselves and is far more common in everyday use.
- Related払い出すはらいだすNeutralA verb: to pay money out, and also to drive a person or thing away. 「出費」 is a noun for the expenses themselves.
- RelatedエクスペンスNeutralLoanword for expenses, mostly in business and accounting contexts. In everyday speech, 「出費」 or 「費用」 is the natural choice.
- RelatedペイメントNeutralLoanword for payment, seen mainly in service names such as 「キャッシュレスペイメント」. 「出費」 is the money you actually spend.
- Antonym収入しゅうにゅうNeutralThe opposite side of the money flow: income received, as opposed to the expenses of 「出費」.
- Antonym節約せつやくNeutralThe opposite in spending versus saving: cutting waste and reducing expenses instead of incurring them.
Use 「出費」 for expenses from spending money, as in 「出費がかさむ」 — fine for individuals and companies alike. For formally recorded expenditure (budgets, accounts) use 「支出」; for costs needed use 「費用」; for the act of paying use 「支払う」. Opposites: 「収入」, 「節約」.
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