Kanji
N3 12 strokes Grade 5 freq #321

expense, cost, spend, consume, waste

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

shellfish kai

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

consumption; expenditure
consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
cost; expense
expenses; expenditure
personnel expenses; labor cost
membership fee; participation fee
public expense; public funds
entertainment expenses
construction cost

Example sentences

Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.

Japan consumes a lot of paper.

Rising costs are fueling anxieties among consumers.

One in four consumers thinks that prices will continue to rise in the future.