消しょう費ひ

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消費する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Broadly used for using up resources, money, time, or energy. Common in economic, household, and everyday contexts.

カロリーを消しょう費ひするto burn calories
運うん動どうすると多おおくのカロリーを消しょう費ひする。
You burn a lot of calories when you exercise.
時じ間かんを消しょう費ひするto use up time
その作さ業ぎょうに多おおくの時じ間かんを消しょう費ひした。
I used up a lot of time on that task.
消しょう費ひが増ふえる／減へるconsumption increases/decreases
冬ふゆになると電でん力りょくの消しょう費ひが増ふえる。
Electricity consumption increases in winter.
大たい量りょうに消しょう費ひするto consume in large quantities
この工こう場じょうは水みずを大たい量りょうに消しょう費ひする。
This factory consumes a huge amount of water.

浪ろう費ひN1
浪費 implies wasteful or extravagant spending, while 消費 is a neutral term for simply using up resources.
支し出しゅつN3
支出 refers specifically to monetary expenditure, often in accounting, whereas 消費 covers broader consumption of goods, energy, or time.
使し用ようN4
使用 means simply using something without implying it is used up, while 消費 specifically means consuming or depleting a resource.
費ついやすN2
消費する is a more technical term for consuming goods, energy, or money, while 費やす can also apply to abstract resources like time and effort.

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消しょう耗もうN2
消費 is neutral consumption of goods, money, or energy, while 消耗 stresses wearing down or depleting something to exhaustion.
使つかうN5
消費する is a more technical/formal term for using up resources like energy or materials, while 使う is the everyday equivalent.

生せい産さんN4
生産 means to produce or manufacture, the economic opposite of 消費, which means to consume or use up.
貯ちょ蓄ちくN2
消費 means spending or consuming money, the direct opposite of 貯蓄, which means setting money aside.
温おん存ぞん
消費 means to use up or consume something, the opposite of 温存, which means to keep it in reserve without using it.

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補ほ給きゅうN2
消費 means to consume or use up resources, the opposite process from 補給, which means to resupply them.
蓄たくわえるN2
消費する means to use up or consume, the opposite of 蓄える which means to store away for later use.
産さん出しゅつN1
産出 refers to producing or yielding resources, while 消費 refers to using them up, making the two opposite ends of the economic process.
備び蓄ちく
備蓄 means building up a reserve of goods, while 消費 means using or consuming them up.
蓄ちく積せきN1
消費 means using up or consuming something, the opposite process to 蓄積, which means building it up.
貯ちょ蔵ぞうN2
消費 means using up or consuming goods, the opposite of 貯蔵, which means storing them away.

消しょう化かN2
消化 (digestion, or figuratively working through a task) shares the kanji 消 with 消費 but refers to processing food or work, not using up resources or money.
浪ろう費ひN1
消費 is neutral 'consumption' (using up energy, goods, or money as intended), while 浪費 specifically implies wasteful, unnecessary spending.

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コト消しょう費ひ
experience-based consumption; buying experiences; consumption of services
個こ人じん消しょう費ひ
consumer spending; personal consumption
大たい量りょう消しょう費ひ
mass consumption; heavy consumption
消しょう費ひ主しゅ義ぎ
consumerism
消しょう費ひ性せい向こう
consumption propensity; propensity to consume

Compound of 消 (to extinguish, use up) and 費 (to spend, cost). The combination conveys the idea of using something until it is gone.