- 1. [exp, vz] to lay out (one's money) in; to invest in
Conjugation — Verb (―zuru)
| Dictionary form | しをとうずる | (shiwotouzuru) |
| Polite | しをとうじます | (shiwotoujimasu) |
| Past, plain | しをとうじた | (shiwotoujita) |
| Past, polite | しをとうじました | (shiwotoujimashita) |
| Negative, plain | しをとうじない | (shiwotoujinai) |
| Negative, polite | しをとうじません | (shiwotoujimasen) |
| Past negative, plain | しをとうじなかった | (shiwotoujinakatta) |
| Past negative, polite | しをとうじませんでした | (shiwotoujimasendeshita) |
| Te-form | しをとうじて | (shiwotoujite) |
| Potential | しをとうじられる | (shiwotoujirareru) |
| Volitional | しをとうじよう | (shiwotoujiyou) |
| Conditional (―ba) | しをとうじれば | (shiwotoujireba) |
| Passive | しをとうじられる | (shiwotoujirareru) |
| Causative | しをとうじさせる | (shiwotoujisaseru) |
| Imperative | しをとうじろ | (shiwotoujiro) |