Vocab Info
N1 Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
賄うto give board to, to provide meals, to pay, to cover (the cost)
Dictionary Definition
Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
1.
to supply (goods, money, etc.), to cover (costs), to pay, to finance, to maintain (e.g. a family)
Usually written using kana aloneGodan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb
2.
to give board, to provide meals
Usually written using kana alone
All Forms
賄う 【まかなう】
Common・Uncommon
Details
Pitch Accent
ま
か
な
う
General Top 7,000
Examples
--:--
- N1
- N1
- N1
- N1
- N1
Get more example sentences!
Premium users get access to all example sentences on all Vocab.
寄付金で費用を賄っています。
The expenses are being covered by donations. {to give board to, to provide meals, to pay, to cover (the cost)}
バイト先では夕食を賄ってもらっている。
I get provided with dinner at my part-time job. {to give board to, to provide meals, to pay, to cover (the cost)}
親からの仕送りで賄っている僕はまだまだ子供だ。
I, who am still very much a child, am covering my expenses with the money sent from my parents. {to give board to, to provide meals, to pay, to cover (the cost)}
千人を超える社員の食事を賄う厨房なんて、さぞ大きいだろう。
A kitchen that provides meals for over a thousand employees must be incredibly large. {to give board to, to provide meals, to pay, to cover (the cost)}
給食のおばちゃんたちが全校生徒三百人分の食事を賄っています。
The lunch ladies are providing meals for all 300 students in the school. {to give board to, to provide meals, to pay, to cover (the cost)}
Self-Study Sentences
Study your own way!
Add sentences and study them alongside Bunpro sentences.