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Meaning of 倹約 in Japanese
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倹約JLPT 1
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Kana Readingけんやく
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Romajiken'yaku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- thrift; economy; frugality
- Example sentence
- 浪費する人を守るために倹約する人に税金をかけるのは、賢明なことではないし、結局はためにならないのである。 It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless.
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Examples of 倹約, けんやく in a sentence
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浪費する人を守るために倹約する人に税金をかけるのは、賢明なことではないし、結局はためにならないのである。
It is not wise, nor in the long run is it kind, to tax the thrifty for the thriftless.
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He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.
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Living is dear, accordingly we have to economize.
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A small income obliges us to thrift.
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Thrift is alien to my nature.
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It is all very well to be frugal; but he goes too far.
Kanji in this word
約
JLPT 3
9 strokes
promise, approximately, shrink
On'Yomi: ヤク
Kun'Yomi: つづ.まる, つづ.める, つづま.やか