noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb
exhaustion; consumption; using up; waste
Covers physical and abstract depletion: using up resources, energy, or supplies; can be transitive or intransitive. The reading しょうこう is rare and archaic.
長時間の会議で体力を消耗した。
The long meeting exhausted my energy.
資源の消耗を抑える必要がある。
We need to reduce the consumption of resources.