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Words — 29 found

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
1. simple; plain​
  • わたし私達
  • は
  • しっそ質素な
  • しょくもつ食物
  • を
  • た食べる
  • のに
  • なれ慣れている
  • 。
We are used to eating plain food.
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
2. modest; frugal; reserved​
  • ドイツ
  • ひと人
  • は
  • しっそ質素な
  • こくみん国民
  • だ
  • 。
Germans are a frugal people.
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. thrifty; frugal; economical​Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
約しい 【つましい】
Notes
約しい: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
1. economic; financial​
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
2. economical; thrifty; frugal​
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
1. to spare; to grudge; to be sparing (with); to be frugal; to be stingy​
  • ほとんど
  • べんとう弁当
  • を
  • た食べる
  • ひま
  • も
  • お惜しんで
  • べんきょう勉強した
  • 。
He studied hard, hardly taking time out for lunch.
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
2. to regret; to lament​
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
3. to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling​
  • かれ彼の
  • し死
  • は
  • お惜しんで
  • も
  • あま余り
  • ある
  • もの
  • だ
  • 。
We cannot grieve over his death too deeply.
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
4. to value; to prize; to hold dear​
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
5. to love; to cherish​Archaic, oft. written as 愛しむ
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. modest; reserved; quiet; humble​Usually written using kana alone
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. frugal; simple; plain​Usually written using kana alone
Other forms
虔しい 【つつましい】
Notes
虔しい: Rarely-used kanji form.
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. small​
  • しおづ塩漬け
  • キャベツ
  • を
  • こま細かく
  • き切る
  • 。
Chop the pickled cabbage finely.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. fine; minute​
  • め目
  • の
  • こま細かい
  • お織り
  • の
  • カーペット
  • が
  • いっぱんてき一般的に
  • は
  • かち価値
  • が
  • たか高い
  • 。
Tightly-knit carpets are generally more valuable.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
3. minor; trivial​See also 細かいこと
  • わたし
  • は
  • こまかい
  • てん点
  • まで
  • しらべました
  • 。
I went into details.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
4. sensitive; attentive​See also 神経が細かい
  • かなら必ずしも
  • せいちょう成長
  • だんかい段階
  • の
  • こども子供たち
  • を
  • 、
  • あまり
  • こま細かい
  • しんけい神経
  • を
  • つかって
  • あつか扱う
  • べき
  • でない
  • 。
Growing children should not always be handled with kid gloves.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
5. careful; frugal; stingy​
  • かれ彼
  • は
  • ひどく
  • かね金
  • に
  • こま細かい
  • 。
He is very careful with his money.
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Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
1. stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny; frugal; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad​occ. written as 吝嗇
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
2. shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; paltry​
Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
3. petty; narrow-minded; mean-spirited; small-minded​
Noun
4. bad luck; ill omen; misfortune; jinx​
Other forms
けち
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Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
1. concise; brief​
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
2. humble; frugal​
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
3. modest; discrete​
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Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
1. snug; neat; modest; frugal; simple; compact​
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. stingy; cheap; very frugal​Usually written using kana alone
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Noun
1. simple life; frugal life​Yojijukugo (four character compound)
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal​
Other forms
粗食 【そじき】、麁食 【そしょく】、麁食 【そじき】
Notes
そじき: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. そじき: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
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Noun
1. parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; inclination to scrimp and save​
Noun
2. tendency to fuss over trivial things; worrier's disposition​
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いったんのしいっぴょうのいん 一箪の食一瓢の飲
Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Noun
1. simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink​Idiomatic expression, from the Analects of Confucius
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一簞の食一瓢の飲 【いったんのしいっぴょうのいん】
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Noun
1. simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink​Rare term, Yojijukugo (four character compound), from the Analects of Confucius
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簞食瓢飲 【たんしひょういん】
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
1. management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal​
  • かれ彼
  • は
  • ごご午後
  • いっぱい
  • つか使って
  • さくねん昨年
  • の
  • ほうれん草
  • の
  • ね根
  • を
  • しまつ始末
  • した
  • 。
He's spent all afternoon rooting up last year's spinach plants.
Noun
2. course of events; circumstances; particulars​
Noun
3. end result (usu. bad); outcome​
  • せかい世界
  • から
  • は
  • 【
  • はしか麻疹
  • ゆしゅつこく輸出国
  • 】
  • と
  • いやみ嫌味
  • と
  • も
  • ほんね本音
  • と
  • も
  • とれる
  • こと
  • を
  • いわれている
  • しまつ始末
  • 。
Ending up with being called a "measles exporting country" by the rest of the world, something that you could take as insult or truth.
Noun, Suru verb, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Transitive verb
4. economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty​
Other forms
仕末 【しまつ】
Notes
仕末: Irregular kanji usage.
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Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
1. thrift; economy; frugality​
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Kanji — 2 found

9.543818836101924
11 strokes. JLPT N1. Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high.
惜
pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret
On: セキ
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14.417505724982735
10 strokes. JLPT N1. Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high.
倹
frugal, economy, thrifty
On: ケン
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Sentences — 9 found

  • jreibun/4151/1
      私は
    • ふだん普段
    • からぜいたくはせず、必要なものだけを買い、
    • しっそ質素
    • な
    • く暮らし
    • をするよう心がけている。
    I usually try to lead a frugal life, buying only what I need and not spending extravagantly. — Jreibun
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