とうじる
Toujiru
投じる (Toujiru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to throw, to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow), to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause), to invest”.
Meanings
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto devote oneself (e.g. to a cause)in the form of 身を投じる
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto invest; to put in
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto administer (medicine); to give
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto abandon; to surrender
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto take advantage of; to make full use of
Examples
彼は大金をある産業に投じた。
He put a large amount of money into the industry.
彼はその提案に賛成票を投じた。
He cast a vote for the proposition.
彼の全財産を投じてもまだ足りまい。
Investing all his fortune would not be enough.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).