費消|ひしょうhishou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbspending; consumption
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbmisappropriation; embezzlement
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 費消する（ひしょうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 費消します（ひしょうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 費消しない（ひしょうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 費消しません（ひしょうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 費消せず・費消せぬ（ひしょうせず・ひしょうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 費消した（ひしょうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 費消しました（ひしょうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 費消しなかった（ひしょうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 費消しませんでした（ひしょうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 費消して（ひしょうして） |
| Potential | 費消できる（ひしょうできる） |
| Passive | 費消される（ひしょうされる） |
| Causative | 費消させる（ひしょうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 費消させられる（ひしょうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 費消すれば（ひしょうすれば） |
| tara | 費消したら（ひしょうしたら） |
| Volitional | 費消しよう（ひしょうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 費消しましょう（ひしょうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 費消しろ（ひしょうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym消費しょうひNeutralEveryday word for consumption and spending, also covering using things up; most common in daily life and economics, while written 費消 can mean embezzling public funds.
- Synonym費やすついやすNeutralVerb for spending time or money, e.g. 「時間を費やす」; the nuance is of devoting or investing them, not of using everything up.
- Synonym消耗しょうもうNeutralDepletion or wearing down; also covers loss of stamina or energy, e.g. 「体力の消耗」, beyond the headword's focus on money and goods.
- Related浪費ろうひNeutralWaste or squandering, carrying a critical nuance, e.g. 「時間の浪費」; the headword itself does not imply waste.
- Related空費くうひWrittenWritten term for wasting something in vain, stressing that nothing comes of it; the headword does not imply waste.
- Related無駄遣いむだづかいCasualColloquial word for wasting money, frittering it away, e.g. 「無駄遣いをやめる」; the everyday spoken choice, unlike the formal headword.
- Related使い果たすつかいはたすNeutralVerb for using up all of one's money or possessions, e.g. 「お金を使い果たす」; the everyday counterpart of the headword's meaning.
- Related使い切るつかいきるNeutralEveryday verb for using something up completely, e.g. 「洗剤を使い切る」; plainer and more neutral than the written 費消.
- Related徒費とひWrittenWritten term for wasting something in vain, to no purpose; extremely rare.
- Related乱費らんぴWrittenWritten term for lavish, extravagant spending; the emphasis is on its utter lack of restraint.
- Related使い尽くすつかいつくすWrittenWritten verb for using something up entirely; the emphasis is on thoroughness, leaving nothing behind.
- Related蕩尽とうじんWrittenWritten term for squandering the family fortune through dissolute living, e.g. 「財産を蕩尽する」.
- Antonym蓄財ちくざいNeutralAntonym: amassing wealth by saving; the opposite of spending everything one has.
In everyday speech, say 「使う」 or 「消費」 for spending and 「使い果たす」 for spending everything. 「費消」 is for written or legal contexts — using everything up or misappropriating public funds, as in 「公金を費消する」. For waste, use 「浪費」.
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