消費します（しょうひします、shouhishimasu）
- to consume

The Japanese verb 消費します消費します means "to consume," "to spend," or "to use up." It implies the utilization or depletion of something, such as goods, time, or energy. It often carries a connotation of diminishing a resource through its use. The subject of the verb is typically something that is doing the consuming, such as a person, a company, or a machine.

⚫︎電気を消費します Translation: I consume electricity / I use electricity. ⚫︎食料品を消費します Translation: I consume groceries / I use groceries. ⚫︎ガソリンを消費します消費します Translation: I consume gasoline / I use gasoline.

消費します消費します is a formal verb and is suitable for business settings, formal conversations, or written communication. It can be used in various contexts, from describing the use of resources to talking about the consumption of goods or services. It is generally used when speaking about something being used, exhausted, or spent.

⚫︎The word is typically written in kanji as 消費 and followed by the polite verb stem します. ⚫︎Hiragana reading: しょうひします ⚫︎There is only one standard way to write this verb.

⚫︎使う (tsukau) - to use, to spend (more general and informal) ⚫︎利用する (riyou suru) - to utilize, to make use of (often used for resources or services) ⚫︎費やす (tsuiyasu) - to spend (time, money, etc. - often implies a sacrifice or considerable effort)

⚫︎貯蓄する (chochiku suru) - to save ⚫︎蓄積する (chikuseki suru) - to accumulate, to store

毎月、家賃と食費で多くの金額を消費します。 ・Translation: Every month, I consume a large amount of money on rent and food. ・Explanation: This sentence describes the expenditure of money on rent and food.

新しいスマートフォンは、バッテリーをかなり消費します。 ・Translation: The new smartphone consumes a lot of battery. ・Explanation: This sentence illustrates how a device consumes energy.

⚫︎消費 (shouhi) itself is a noun that means "consumption." It is a compound word: ⚫︎消 (shou) meaning "to extinguish," "to disappear" ⚫︎費 (hi) meaning "expense," "cost" ⚫︎The verb します (shimasu) is added to make it a verb.