Meaning
投じる (とうじる, toujiru) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “send in; throw”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 11
彼の作品は世の中に一 石を投じた
His work created a stir in the world.
彼は大金をある産業に投じた。
He put a large amount of money into the industry.
彼はその提案に賛成票を投じた。
He cast a vote for the proposition.
彼の全財産を投じてもまだ足りまい。
Investing all his fortune would not be enough.
そばを投じるためとうじそばという。
The term Toji soba came from the manner in which soba is eaten whereby the noodles are dipped (or 'tojiru' in Japanese) in the soup.
各人が1票ずつを投じなければならない。
Each man must cast a vote.
「スヴァーハー」は、本来は祭火に投じる供物の意味。
Original meaning of 'subaha' is an offering to be thrown into the festival fire.
(火炎瓶を投じる直前の写真が読売新聞に掲載された。
(A photograph taken just before the Molotov cocktail was thrown was published in the Yomiuri Shimbun.
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.
斉彬を信奉する精忠組に加入、尊王攘夷運動に身を投じる。
He joined Seichugumi admiring Nariakira and threw himself into the Sonnou Joui movement (movement for revering the emperor and eliminating the foreigners).
それを重視するということは、儒教的価値観に一石を投じるものであった。
Putting emphasis on the horizontal relationship caused a stir in the Confucian values.