It was foolish of him to waste his money on such trifles.
そんなつまらないものに金を空費するなんて彼はばかだった。
A 5% consumption tax is levied on purchases of most goods and services.
ほとんどの物やサービスの購入に対しては5%の消費税がかかる。
It is the drop in the rice pricing (blamed on consumers' loss of interest in rice and the freeing up of the international market) that is the cause.
消費者の米離れや国際市場解放が原因とされる米価の下落が原因だ。
The cost apart, the building will take a lot of time.
費用はさておきその建築にはかなりの時間がかかるだろう。
The 456 billion dollars spent in the Iraq war could provide one year's free education for every child in the world.
イラク戦争に費やした4560億ドルは、世界中の子供たちに一年間の無償の教育を提供できる。
All the expenses will fall on the sponsor.
その費用はみな発起人にかかります。
He brings home the bread and butter.
彼が生活費を稼いでいる。
Moving to a smaller place will reduce the expenses.
もっと小さな家に移れば出費が切り詰められるだろう。
This desk cost me 20,000 yen.
この机は2万円の費用がかかる。
I don't approve of your wasting time.
私はあなたが時間を浪費するのをよいとは思わない。
Don't waste your time on trifles.
つまらないことに時間を費やすな。
It's a matter of cost.
それは費用の問題だ。
Many a day did she spend knitting a sweater for him.
いく日もいく日も、彼女は彼のセーターを編むのに費やした。
Living costs this month are lower than those of last month are.
今月の生活費は先月よりかからない。
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.
He is not frugal so you can't trust him with money.
彼は浪費家だからお金を預けてはいけないよ。
Japanese consumers are watching closely the U.S. government's efforts to make Japan dismantle various restrictions on imports of foreign goods into the country.
I spent hours looking for the key that I had dropped.
私は落とした鍵を探すのに何時間も費やした。
He traveled at the expense of the company.
彼は会社の費用で旅行した。
It's not easy to figure out the cost.
費用がいくらかを算出するのは容易ではありません。
They studied it a little bit, but they couldn't spend all day finding out what to do, so they finally picked up the other one, and the water went out again, all over the floor.
The purpose of advertising is to familiarize consumers with the name of a product.
広告の目的は製品の名を消費者に普及させることにある。
You should not waste your time.
時間を浪費すべきではない。
Each person's share of the expenses for the party is 4000 yen.
パーティーの費用は一人当たり4000円です。
The truth is I'd like to attend a foreign school, but after all, the school expenses are too high.
本当はインターに通わせたいんだけど、やっぱり学費が高いのよね。
As soon as you have the car fixed, please send me a letter with the cost. I'll send you the money.
車の修理が終わりましたら、費用を御知らせください。
There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education.