Illustration: At a maintained campsite in Japan, a camper feeds the final short piece of firewood into a small wood-burning stove. The stove door is open, revealing glowing embers, ash, and the charred remains of earlier logs beneath a kettle.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

消しょう費ひ

shouhi

to consume, to use up

Example sentences

  1. その車くるまは多量たりょうの燃料ねんりょうを消費しょうひする。

    The car consumes a lot of fuel.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 機械きかいは多量たりょうの電気でんきを消費しょうひする。

    Machinery uses a lot of electricity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 農業のうぎょうは多量たりょうの水みずを消費しょうひする。

    Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 消費

  • 消extinguish; turn offOnショウKunきえる・けす
  • 費expense; costOnヒKunついやす・ついえる

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