投じる

とうじる

Meanings

1. Ichidan verb, Transitive to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow)
2. to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause) (in the form of 身を投じる) See also: 身を投じる (みをとうじる).
3. to invest; to put in
4. to administer (medicine); to give
5. Ichidan verb, Intransitive to abandon; to surrender
6. to take advantage of; to make full use of
7. to fit well with; to match with; to be in tune with
8. to stay (at a lodging)

Kanji

• 投 throw. Read as トウ.

Example sentences

• 各人が１票ずつを投じなければならない。
  Each man must cast a vote.
• 圧倒的多数がその残酷な刑罰を廃止することに票を投じた。
  An overwhelming majority voted to abolish the brutal punishment.
• 彼はその提案に賛成票を投じた。
  He cast a vote for the proposition.
• 反対票を投じるつもりだ。
  I'm voting no.
• あんな状況の中に身を投じるとは、君も考えが足りなかったな。
  You should've known better than to put yourself in that situation.

Common phrases

• 身を投じる (みをとうじる) to throw oneself (into an activity)
• 一石を投じる (いっせきをとうじる) to create a stir
• 票を投じる
• 資金を投じる
• 予算を投じる

Words containing 投じる

• 身を投じる (みをとうじる) to throw oneself (into an activity)
• 一石を投じる (いっせきをとうじる) to create a stir

Word lists

• Encyclopedia

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