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Kanji Detail for 費 - "expense, cost"
費
- Meaning
費 means "expense, cost."
Spend, Expend - To use up resources or energy in order to achieve something.
Cost - The amount of money or effort required to achieve something.
Invest - To put time, money, or effort into something with the expectation of a future benefit.
Resist, Oppose - To actively oppose or disagree with something.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
Sentences including 費
I think of watching tv as a waste of time.
Five years have been spent building the new building.
Don't waste time.
What mileage do you get with this car?
I held the party at my own expense.
I am short of money for my trip.
I must make up for lost time.
He has spent three years writing this novel.
He tried to make up for lost time.
The problem is not so much the cost as the time.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
国から旅費を送らせる手数と時間を省くため、私は暇乞いかたがた先生の所へ行って、要るだけの金を一時立て替えてもらう事にした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
というのは、私は月々｜極った送金の外に、書籍費、（私はその時分から書物を買う事が好きでした）、および臨時の費用を、よく叔父から請求して、ずんずんそれを自分の思うように消費する事ができたのですから。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
けれども月々の費用を金の形で彼の前に並べて見せると、彼はきっとそれを受け取る時に躊躇するだろうと思ったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
というのは、私は月々｜極った送金の外に、書籍費、（私はその時分から書物を買う事が好きでした）、および臨時の費用を、よく叔父から請求して、ずんずんそれを自分の思うように消費する事ができたのですから。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
けれども月々の費用を金の形で彼の前に並べて見せると、彼はきっとそれを受け取る時に躊躇するだろうと思ったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha