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noun, auxillary suru verb, na-adjective
thrift, economy, frugality

おんりょうきょうけんじょ
onryoukyoukenjou
noun, expression
cordial, obedient, respectful, modest, and moderate(orig. said of Confucius)

na-adjective, noun
respectfulness and modesty, deference

noun
industry, diligence, frugality

noun, auxillary suru verb
work hard and practice frugality(yojijukugo)

noun
economizing, thriftiness, prudence, frugality

na-adjective, noun
economical and simple

noun
laws regulating expenditures, sumptuary edicts, thrift ordinance

noun, auxillary suru verb
(practice of) simplicity and frugality, scrimping and saving(yojijukugo)

noun, auxillary suru verb
economy, thrift

adjective
thrifty, frugal, economical(usually kana)
Other readings:
つましい《約しい》

Kanji results(showing 1 results)


Written with 10 strokes
Taught in Junior high
frugal, economy, thrifty
KUN:
  • つま.しい
    tsuma.shii
  • つづまやか
    tsuzumayaka
ON:
  • ケン
    ken

Sentence results (showing 1-10 of 16 results)


けんやく
倹約
わた
私の
せいしつ
性質
じょ
Thrift is alien to my nature

Living is dear, accordingly we have to economize

To make our house payments, we're going to have to tighten our belts

けんやく
倹約
おお
大いに
けっこう
結構
かれ
きょくた
極端
It is all very well to be frugal; but he goes too far

かれ
ゆうふく
裕福
けんやく
倹約家
てん
ちちおや
父親
Though he is fairly well off, he is frugal; he takes after his father in that respect

It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless

しゅうにゅう
収入
ひく
低い
けんやく
倹約
A small income obliges us to thrift

かれ
けんやく
倹約家
He is an economizer

かれ
かね
なんねんかん
何年間
けんやく
倹約
He pinched and scraped for many years to save money

かれ
けんやく
倹約家
He is frugal, to say the least of it
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