Meanings
Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)
1. to pass (time); to spend
2. to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol)
3. to take care of; to support
Auxiliary verb (5-dan, す)
4. to overdo; to do too much
5. to ... without acting on it
Kanji used
surpass something
Pitch accent
Top 900
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to oversleep
Examples (138 in total)
Did you have a good time?
Did you have a nice Christmas?
Did you have a good weekend?
We stayed in Hawaii over Christmas.
How did you spend your winter vacation?
I'm spending my holiday on the beach.
How do you spend the New Year?
Everyone had a good year.
We spent the entire day in Yoyogi Park.
I like spending time with you.
I had a wonderful time.
I'd like to spend some more time with my family.
I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
They had a lovely time together.
How have you been?
I spent today exercising.
I spent my summer vacation with my grandmother.
Where did you spend your holidays?
I spent the afternoon painting a picture.
I spent the best part of the day reading.
John is having a good time.
Do you want to spend the rest of your life in jail?
I spent hours reading books.
I spent the summer vacation at my aunt's house.
I had an enjoyable two weeks in London.
Did you have a good time at the party?
Aren't you going to spend Christmas with Tom?
I spent twelve hours on the train.
Tom spent all day taking pictures.
We had a good time in the open air.
We passed a night in a mountain hut.
I am going to spend the weekend in Kanazawa.
We spent the afternoon eating grapes.
I want to spend my free time wisely.
He was living with the Indians.
Aren't you spending Thanksgiving with Tom?
She had a happy childhood.
We all had such a good time.
Do you spend more time with your friends or your family?
Judy spends a lot of time looking in the mirror.
How wonderful a time we have had!
Everyone had a good time at the party.
I had an awful time at the conference.
A bear spends the winter in its lair.
We had a good time last night.
Where are you going to spend the summer holidays?
He spent the evening reading a book.
In the holidays, I spent days doing nothing.
May sometimes spends the time by herself.
We had a good time at the coffee shop.
He lived abroad for much of his life.
I spent last Sunday reading novels.
I spent my time listening to the radio.
We went to the coast for our summer vacation.
We spent the major part of our holidays in the country.
At the New Year, we spend a lot of time with our family.
I spent the holidays decorating the house.
She spent her life in pursuit of the truth.
Here is where I spent my childhood.
I miss the high school days we spent together.
I spent yesterday reading instead of going out.
Tom wanted to spend New Year's Eve with Mary.
Jane had a very boring weekend.
We passed the time playing pachinko.
This is the village where I spent my childhood.
We had a good time yesterday.
I spent the whole day reading a novel.
Why did you spend so much time in Boston?
Susan spent the summer vacation at her grandmother's.
I'm going to spend the New Year's holiday this year relaxing at home.
I understand you are going to spend your vacation in New Zealand.
What do you spend most of your time doing?
I had a really great time tonight.
Do you plan to spend your whole life in that store?
I spend a lot of time listening to music.
Oh, I'm just going to take it easy.
The boy passed the time by flinging stones into the lake.
We had good time, learning English.
He had a good time in the restaurant.
I spent the whole afternoon chatting with friends.
He had to go without food for days.
I spent two hours reading a book last night.
Some families spend their vacation near the beach.
They seem to have had a good time in Rome.
Don't spend so much time watching TV.
We had a good time playing cards.
Mary spent the afternoon baking cookies.
She has spent hours at the gym trying to lose weight.
Americans spend most of their lives working, being productive.
Tom likes sitting on the beach in the early morning.
I'd like to spend my holidays reading history books or classics.
I spent my summer vacation there, during which I enjoyed surfing.
He says he can't go without wine even for a day.
Tom missed the last train and spent the night at an Internet cafe.
School is where we spend most of our time every day.
Although it rained, everyone had a good time.
I spent the whole afternoon cleaning my house.
How much time do adults spend watching television every day?
I love art and quiet evenings at home.
I sometimes look back on the good days I had in London.
He drifted aimlessly through life.
We spent the afternoon fooling around on the beach.
She spends every Saturday afternoon playing tennis.
He had a good time talking with her.
I waste a lot of time daydreaming.
All in all, we had a good time at the party.
The old man spent most of his time looking back on his youth.
I often spend my leisure time listening to the radio.
All things considered, he led a happy life.
It was my first night among strangers.
I would rather work for any company than waste another year.
I'd like to spend less time at work and more time at home.
He returned to his native village, where he spent the last few years of his life.
After much debate, we decided to spend our holidays in Spain.
Paul's family spends the summer at the coast every year.
My year in Africa was a very educational experience in many ways.
The cottage reminded me of the happy times I had spent with her.
He was looking forward to spending the weekend with her in their little cottage in Somerset.
We have a long and cold winter, but we know how to enjoy it.
I spent the best times of my life at my grandfather's house.
This picture reminds me of our happy days in England.
When I was a child, I would spend hours reading alone in my room.
I had decided to spend the hot summer without leaving the apartment building.
But the boys spent all their holidays on Mr Wood's farm.
I spent a week in Istanbul.
Tom spent the night at a friend's house.
Yanni spent four weeks in Japan.
We spent the night in a cheap hotel.
I spent the whole day playing with my kids.
Last year, he spent three months at sea.
I spent a one month holiday in Japan and it was wonderful.
I spent three months in Australia.
I spent the whole evening reading the poetry of Kenji Miyazawa.
I spent the whole day reading that novel.
She spent ten days without a toilet or shower.
If you only had one more week to live, what would you spend your time doing?
I spent a week in Florence last year. I'm sure you'll like it.
Because my parents are divorced, I only spend time with my dad every other weekend.