注ぎ込む

つぎ込む

Reading

Kana: つぎこむ

Romaji: tsugikomu

Definition

v5m

vt

1

to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate; to infuse; to instill; to implant; to imbue; to focus (attention, efforts)

Kanji

注

Readings: チュウ、 そそ.ぐ、 さ.す、 つ.ぐ

Meanings: pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate

込

Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める

Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)

Example Sentences

この川(かわ)は南(みなみ)へ流(なが)れて海(うみ)に注(そそ)ぎこむ。

➥This river flows south into the sea.

彼女(かのじょ)はその仕事(しごと)に全(ぜん)精力(せいりょく)をつぎ込(こ)んだ。

➥She directed her whole energy to the task.

その学者(がくしゃ)はなけなしの金(きん)を全部(ぜんぶ)本(ほん)につぎこんだ。

➥The scholar spent what little money he had on books.

彼(かれ)は全(ぜん)財産(ざいさん)をその事業(じぎょう)につぎ込(こ)んだ。

➥He put all his fortune in the enterprise.

君(きみ)の夢物語(ゆめものがたり)にお金(かね)をつぎ込(こ)む気(き)なんてないよ。

➥I have no interest in putting my money into your dreams.

我々(われわれ)は、その事業(じぎょう)にかなりの金(きん)をつぎ込(こ)んでいる。

➥We have a substantial stake in the venture.