Vocab Info

A2 る-verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

(とう)じるto throw, to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow), to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause), to invest, to put in, to administer (medicine), to give, to surrender, to take advantage of, to make full use of, to fit well with, to match with, to be in tune with, to stay (at a lodging)

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    1. る-verb, Transitive verb

      1. 1.

        to throw, to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)

      2. 2.

        to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause)

        in the form of 身を投じる,
      3. 3.

        to invest, to put in

      4. 4.

        to administer (medicine), to give

    2. る-verb, Intransitive verb

      1. 5.

        to abandon, to surrender

      2. 6.

        to take advantage of, to make full use of

      3. 7.

        to fit well with, to match with, to be in tune with

      4. 8.

        to stay (at a lodging)

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    投じる 【とうじる】

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    Examples

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      患者(かんじゃ)鎮静(ちんせい)(やく)(とう)じる。

      Administering sedatives to the patient.

      • N1

      自動(じどう)販売(はんばい)()小銭(こぜに)(とう)じました。

      I put coins into the vending machine.

      • N1

      不動産(ふどうさん)会社(がいしゃ)土地(とち)買収(ばいしゅう)大金(たいきん)(とう)じました。

      The real estate company invested a large sum of money in the acquisition of land.

      • N1

      (いえ)()(りょう)という集団(しゅうだん)生活(せいかつ)(とう)じたことを後悔(こうかい)しています。

      I regret having left home and devoted myself to communal living in a dormitory.

      • N1

      手紙(てがみ)をポストに(とう)じてからわずか2日(ふつか)()(とど)(さき)(とど)きました。

      The letter arrived at the destination just two days after it was put in the mailbox.

      • N1
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