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消しょう費ひ
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Meanings
Noun
Suru verb
Transitive verb
1. consumption; expenditure; spending
Kanji used
消extinguish費expense
Pitch accent
しょうひ
しょうひ
Used in vocabulary
消しょう費ひ者しゃ
consumer (of a product, service, etc.); customer; (end) user; buyer; consumer (in a food chain)
Noun
消しょう費ひ税ぜい
consumption tax (incl. sales tax, VAT, excise duty, etc.)
Noun
消しょう費ひ財ざい
consumer goods
Noun
個こ人じん消しょう費ひ
consumer spending
Noun
消しょう費ひ量りょう
amount of consumption
Noun
消しょう費ひ性せい向こう
consumption propensity
Noun
消しょう費ひ革かく命めい
consumer revolution; consumption revolution
Noun
消しょう費ひ都と市し
consumer city
Noun
消しょう費ひ生せい活かつ
one's life as a consumer
Noun
過か剰じょう消しょう費ひ
over-consumption
Noun
消しょう費ひ社しゃ会かい
consumer society
Noun
限げん界かい消しょう費ひ性せい向こう
marginal propensity to consume
Noun
Examples21
The car consumes a lot of fuel.
He consumes an enormous amount of liquor.
Japan consumes a lot of paper.
The Middle East supplies a major portion of the oil that Japan consumes.
The more you earn, the more you spend.
Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.