消費 (Shouhi) is a Japanese noun meaning “consumption, expenditure, spending”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbconsumption; expenditure; spending
Examples
彼は大量の酒を消費する。
He consumes an enormous amount of liquor.
農業は多量の水を消費する。
Agriculture consumes a great amount of water.
日本は紙を大量に消費する。
Japan consumes a lot of paper.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).