費やす

Japanese

Kanji in this term
つい
Grade: 5
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いや [tsùíyáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝija̠sɨᵝ]
  • 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 [tsùíyáꜜsù]
Imperative (命令形) 費やせ いや [tsùíyáꜜsè]
Key constructions
Passive 費やされる いやされ [tsùíyásáréꜜrù]
Causative 費やさせる いやさせ [tsùíyásáséꜜrù]
Potential 費やせる いやせ [tsùíyáséꜜrù]
Volitional 費やそう いやそ [tsùíyásóꜜò]
Negative 費やさない いやさない [tsùíyásáꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 費やさなかった いやさなかった [tsùíyásáꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 費やします いやしま [tsùíyáshímáꜜsù]
Perfective 費やした いやした [tsùíyáꜜshìtà]
Conjunctive 費やして いやして [tsùíyáꜜshìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 費やせば いやせば [tsùíyáꜜsèbà]

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

See also

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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