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Dictionary: “倹約”

倹約

けんやく

thrift; economy; frugality

Example sentence

He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.

Kanji details

Kun/On information

倹
On
けん
Kun
つま.しい;つづまやか
Stroke count
10

・frugal

・economy

・thrifty

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約
On
やく
Kun
つづ.まる;つづ.める;つづま.やか
Stroke count
9

・promise

・approximately

・shrink

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Related words to 倹約

2 related words

倹約令

けんやくれい

→

laws regulating expenditures;sumptuary edicts;thrift ordinance

倹約家

けんやくか

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thrifty person;frugal person;economizer