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Meaning of 倹しい(つましい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 倹しい

Kana Reading つましい

Romaji tsumashii

Parts of speech

adjective (keiyoushi)

Meaning

thrifty; economical

Example sentence

彼女はけちとは言わないまでも、とてもつましい。 She is very frugal, not to say stingy.

Examples of 倹しい, つましい in a sentence

彼女はけちとは言わないまでも、とてもつましい。

She is very frugal, not to say stingy.

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Kanji in this word

倹 JLPT 1

10 strokes

frugal, economy, thrifty

On'Yomi: ケン

Kun'Yomi: つま.しい, つづまやか

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