消費|しょうひshouhi[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbconsumption; expenditure; spending
    その車くるまは多量たりょうの燃料ねんりょうを消費しょうひする。↗
    The car consumes a lot of fuel.
Conjugation
Dictionary form消費する(しょうひする)
Polite (masu)消費します(しょうひします)
Negative (nai)消費しない(しょうひしない)
polite (masen)消費しません(しょうひしません)
classical zu / nu消費せず・消費せぬ(しょうひせず・しょうひせぬ)
Past (ta)消費した(しょうひした)
polite (mashita)消費しました(しょうひしました)
Past negative (nakatta)消費しなかった(しょうひしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)消費しませんでした(しょうひしませんでした)
Te form消費して(しょうひして)
Potential消費できる(しょうひできる)
Passive消費される(しょうひされる)
Causative消費させる(しょうひさせる)
Causative passive消費させられる(しょうひさせられる)
Conditional (ba)消費すれば(しょうひすれば)
tara消費したら(しょうひしたら)
Volitional消費しよう(しょうひしよう)
polite (mashou)消費しましょう(しょうひしましょう)
Imperative消費しろ(しょうひしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym消耗しょうもうNeutralWearing out, or draining of stamina and energy — 「体力を消耗する」. 「消費」 centers on spending resources or money rather than on wear and exhaustion.
  • Synonym支出ししゅつWrittenMoney paid out, the bookkeeping counterpart of 「収入」; used for accounts and household budgets. 「消費」 also covers energy and time.
  • Synonym費消ひしょうWrittenWritten and rare: spending every last bit of one's money, or embezzling funds. In everyday speech say 「使い果たす」.
  • Synonym出費しゅっぴNeutralOutlays and expenses, limited to money; common in 「出費がかさむ」 (expenses pile up). 「消費」 is the broader economic term.
  • Synonym費やすついやすNeutralTo spend or devote money, time or effort on something — 「時間を費やす」. 「消費」 stays closer to economic usage.
  • Related使うつかうNeutralThe everyday all-purpose verb: using tools or people, spending money or time. 「消費」 sounds like economic terminology by comparison.
  • Related使用しようNeutralUsing an object or person as it is — the emphasis is on putting something to use. 「消費」 is about resources or energy being used up, not necessarily fully.
  • Related利用りようNeutralPutting something to good use for your own benefit or convenience; carries no sense of depletion, unlike 「消費」.
  • Related使い果たすつかいはたすNeutralTo use money, energy etc. up completely, with nothing left. 「消費」 does not necessarily imply using everything.
  • Related損耗そんもうWrittenWritten and rare: wear and reduction through use, mostly of machines and equipment. In ordinary contexts say 「消耗」.
  • Antonym生産せいさんNeutralThe economic opposite: production and manufacture, as in 「生産と消費」.
  • Antonym貯蓄ちょちくNeutralSaving money — the opposite of 「消費」, which is spending it.

Use 「消費」 for consuming resources in an economic sense — money, energy, goods. For money outgoings on the books pick 「支出」 or 「出費」; for drained energy or stamina pick 「消耗」; in everyday talk just say 「使う」. 「費やす」 devotes time or effort to something, 「使い果たす」 means using it all up, and 「生産」 and 「貯蓄」 are its opposites.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 使い果つかいはたすこと。
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