Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 浪費する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 浪ろう 費ひ する 浪ろう 費ひ しない Polite 浪ろう 費ひ します 浪ろう 費ひ しません Past polite 浪ろう 費ひ しました 浪ろう 費ひ しませんでした Past 浪ろう 費ひ した 浪ろう 費ひ しなかった Te-form 浪ろう 費ひ して 浪ろう 費ひ しないで Desire 浪ろう 費ひ したい 浪ろう 費ひ したくない Potential 浪ろう 費ひ できる 浪ろう 費ひ できない Passive 浪ろう 費ひ される 浪ろう 費ひ されない Causative 浪ろう 費ひ させる 浪ろう 費ひ させない Causative passive 浪ろう 費ひ させられる 浪ろう 費ひ させられない Volitional 浪ろう 費ひ しよう Polite volitional 浪ろう 費ひ しましょう Imperative 浪ろう 費ひ しろ 浪ろう 費ひ するな Conditional 浪ろう 費ひ すれば 浪ろう 費ひ しなければ Tara conditional 浪ろう 費ひ したら 浪ろう 費ひ しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 浪ろう 費ひ する to waste (money, time, talent, etc.)
He wasted his money on gambling.
〈 時とき 〉 の 浪ろう 費ひ a waste of time
Attending a meeting like that is a waste of time.
Kanji 浪 wandering, waves, billows Related words· 11 無駄遣い is a casual word for small, pointless spending, while 浪費 suggests larger-scale, more serious wasting of money, time, or resources.
乱費 is a formal, somewhat literary word for reckless overspending, close in meaning to 浪費 but rarer in everyday speech.
空費 specifically means wasting time or effort with nothing gained, whereas 浪費 covers money, time, and resources more broadly.
浪費する is the general word for wasting money on anything, while 擦る specifically evokes losing money through gambling or reckless bets.
Show 7 more Show fewer 浪費 implies wasteful or extravagant spending, while 消費 is a neutral term for simply using up resources.
浪費 specifically means wasteful, excessive spending, while 金遣い neutrally describes one's general style or habit of spending money, good or bad.
浪費 is a suru-verb specifically about squandering money or time, whereas 無駄 is a broader noun/na-adjective for any kind of futility or waste.
浪費する specifically means to waste money or time carelessly, whereas 使い果たす simply describes exhausting a resource completely, with waste only implied by context.
浪費 means wasteful squandering of money or resources and is usually negative, whereas 贅沢 refers to luxury or indulgence that can be positive, neutral, or negative.
浪費する specifically stresses wasteful spending of money or resources, while おごる (extravagant sense) describes a generally luxurious, indulgent lifestyle.
浪費する always carries a negative sense of wasteful spending, matching the 'waste; squander' meaning of 費やす .
Opposites· 5 節約 means economizing or cutting back on spending, the direct opposite of 浪費 , which means wasting money or resources.
浪費 means wasteful spending or squandering money, the direct opposite of the disciplined saving implied by 倹約 .
浪費する means to waste or squander resources freely, the opposite of 惜しむ 's sense of being sparing or reluctant to spend.
Show 2 more Show fewer 浪費 means to waste or squander resources, the opposite of セーブ , which means to hold back or economize.
浪費 means wasteful spending, the opposite of 経済 used in the sense of thrift or economical use of resources.
Don't confuse with 消費 is neutral 'consumption' (using up energy, goods, or money as intended), while 浪費 specifically implies wasteful, unnecessary spending.
Etymology Compound of 浪 (ろう , 'wandering; wasteful') and 費 (ひ , 'expense; spend'). The kanji combination conveys the idea of spending recklessly or letting resources drift away.
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