“Consumption” in Japanese
Short answer
Consumption in Japanese is “消費” (shouhi). Full meaning: consumption, expenditure, spending.
Other ways to say “Consumption” in Japanese
需用
juyou consumption, use
消耗
shoukou exhaustion, consumption, using up, dissipation, waste
費消
hishou spending, consumption; misappropriation, embezzlement
コンサンプション
konsanpushon consumption
肺結核
haikekkaku pulmonary tuberculosis, consumption
消化
shouka digestion (of food); digestion (of information), assimilation, thorough understanding; consumption, absorption, using up, meeting (e.g. a quota), completion
Looking for the other direction? Search any Japanese word in the Nihoner lexicon, or practise what you have learned in the learning games.