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Meaning of 浪費 in Japanese
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浪費JLPT 1
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Kana Readingろうひ
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Romajirōhi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- waste; extravagance
- Example sentence
- 浪費は欠乏のもと。 Waste makes want.
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Examples of 浪費, ろうひ in a sentence
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浪費は欠乏のもと。
Waste makes want.
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Waste not, want not.
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浪費する人を守るために倹約する人に税金をかけるのは、賢明なことではないし、結局はためにならないのである。
It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless.
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She turned out the light so as not to waste electricity.
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She is not rich enough to waste money.
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彼女は、数ペニーを節約するために半時間を浪費するなと、彼を説得できなかった。
She could not persuade him not to waste half an hour to save a few pennies.
Kanji in this word
費
JLPT 3
12 strokes
expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
On'Yomi: ヒ
Kun'Yomi: つい.やす, つい.える