費やす
ついやす
to spend; to expend; to consume; to waste
Meaning
- to spend; to expend; to consume
- to waste; to squander; to throw away
- to devote
Example sentences
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I spent three years looking for a good director, but couldn't find one.
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I want to spend rest of the life pursuing my ideals.
本来は、貧困層の女性や子供に医療保護を提供するために創設された制度である、アメリカ低所得者医療扶助制度が、今日では、その予算の約3分の1を老人に費やしている。
Medicaid, a program originally created to provide medical care for poverty-level women and children, today spends almost a third of its budget on elderly people.