Keyword
expense
Info
FrequencyTop 1100-1200
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig1326
Readings
(84%)
つい
(9%)
(5%)
Composed of
dollar
shellfish
Used in vocabulary (287 in total)
consumption; expenditure
cost; expense
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
Examples (180 in total)
He consumes an enormous amount of liquor.
Japan consumes a lot of paper.
This desk cost me 20,000 yen.