戦費
Meanings
1
war expenditures; war costs
Refers to the financial cost of conducting a war, including military operations, equipment, and related expenses. Often used in historical, political, or economic contexts.
Raising war funds put pressure on the national finances.
The war expenditures for this conflict reached an enormous amount.
Usage patterns
- 戦費を負担するto bear the cost of war
The allied nations bore part of the war costs.
- 戦費を捻出するto raise/scrape together funds for war
The government raised war funds through tax increases.
- 戦費がかさむfor war costs to mount up
As the war dragged on, the war costs kept mounting.
- 戦費を投入するto pour funds into the war effort
The nation poured enormous sums into the war effort.