投じる – vocab dash

投とうじる

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Meanings

Ichidan verb

Transitive verb

1. to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)

2. to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) (in the form of 身を投じる)

3. to invest; to put in

4. to administer (medicine); to give

Ichidan verb

Intransitive verb

5. to abandon; to surrender

6. to take advantage of; to make full use of

7. to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with

8. to stay (at a lodging)

Kanji used

Pitch accent

とうじる

Examples7

圧あっ倒とう的てき多た数すうがその残ざん酷こくな刑けい罰ばつを廃はい止しすることに票ひょうを投とうじた。

An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.

彼かれはその提てい案あんに賛さん成せい票ひょうを投とうじた。

He cast a vote for the proposition.

反はん対たい票ひょうを投とうじるつもりだ。

I'm voting no.

彼かれは大たい金きんをある産さん業ぎょうに投とうじた。

He put a large amount of money into the industry.

あんな状じょう況きょうの中なかに身みを投とうじるとは、君きみも考かんがえが足たりなかったな。

You should've known better than to put yourself in that situation.

各かく人じんが１票ひょうずつを投とうじなければならない。

Each man must cast a vote.