Kanji

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JLPT N1Jōyō · secondaryfreq #247910 strokes

Meanings

frugal, economy, thrifty

ES: humilde, sencillo, frugal, uso útil

On
ケン
Kun
つま.しい、つづまやか

Common words

  • 倹約けんやくthrift, economy, frugality

Example sentences

  • 彼女はけちと言わないまでも倹約家だ。

    She is frugal, not to say stingy.

    Ella es un tanto frugal, por no decir tacaña.

    Tatoeba #92922(opens in a new tab)
  • 家の支払いのため僕らは倹約しなければならないだろう。

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

    Para llegar a los pagos de nuestra casa, vamos a tener que apretarnos el cinturón.

    Tatoeba #187040(opens in a new tab)
  • 収入しゅうにゅうが低ひくいと倹約けんやくせざるを得えなくなる。

    A small income obliges us to thrift.

    Tatoeba #148285(opens in a new tab)
  • 彼かれは金かねをためるため何年間なんねんかんもけちけち倹約けんやくした。

    He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.

    Tatoeba #108223(opens in a new tab)

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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