費やす

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
つい
Grade: 5
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「費やす
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
費やす いや
Imperative (命令形) 費やせ いや
Key constructions
Passive 費やされる いやされ
Causative 費やさせる いやさせ
Potential 費やせる いやせ
Volitional 費やそう いやそ
Negative 費やさない いやさない
Negative perfective 費やさなかった いやさなかった
Formal 費やします いやしま
Perfective 費やした いやした
Conjunctive 費やして いやして
Hypothetical conditional 費やせば いやせば

Verb

(つい)やす (tsuiyasuつひやす (tufyasu)?transitive godan (stem (つい)やし (tsuiyashi), past (つい)やした (tsuiyashita))

Japanese verb pair
active 費やす
mediopassive 費える
  1. to spend, to consume
    完成(かんせい)2(にねん)歳月(さいげつ)(つい)やした
    Kansei ni ninen no saigetsu o tsuiyashita .
    I spent two years to finish this.
  2. to waste, to squander
    つまらないこと()(かん)(つい)やす
    Tsumaranai koto ni jikan o tsuiyasuna.
    Don't waste your time on trifles.

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN