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Words — 25 found

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
1. simple; plain
  • わたし私達
  • しっそ質素
  • しょくもつ食物
  • 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
  • しっそ質素
  • こくみん国民
Germans are a frugal people.
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. thrifty; frugal; economicalUsually written using kana alone
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約しい 【つましい】
Notes
約しい: Rarely-used kanji form.
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Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
1. to be frugal; to be sparing
  • ほとんど
  • べんとう弁当
  • 食べる
  • ひま
  • 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 value; to hold dear
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
3. to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
  • かれ彼の
  • 惜しんで
  • あま余り
  • ある
  • もの
We cannot grieve over his death too deeply.
Godan verb with 'mu' ending, Transitive verb
4. to be unwilling; to be reluctant
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吝しむ 【おしむ】愛しむ 【おしむ】
Notes
吝しむ: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage. 愛しむ: Out-dated kanji or kanji usage.
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Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
1. economic; financial
Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
2. economical; thrifty; frugal
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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. modest; reserved; quiet; humbleUsually written using kana alone
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. frugal; simple; plainUsually written using kana alone
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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
  • こま細かく
  • 切る
Chop the pickled cabbage finely.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
2. fine; minute
  • こま細かい
  • 織り
  • カーペット
  • いっぱんてき一般的に
  • かち価値
  • たか高い
Tightly-knit carpets are generally more valuable.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
3. minor; trivialSee also 細かいこと
  • わたし
  • こまかい
  • てん
  • まで
  • しらべました
I went into details.
I-adjective (keiyoushi)
4. sensitive; attentiveSee 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
  • こども子供たち
  • あまり
  • こま細かい
  • しんけい神経
  • 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
  • ひどく
  • かね
  • こま細かい
He is very careful with his money.
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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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I-adjective (keiyoushi)
1. stingy; cheap; very frugalUsually written using kana alone
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Noun
1. simple life; frugal lifeYojijukugo (four character compound)
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Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb
1. simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal meal
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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 drinkIdiomatic 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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1. simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life; a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drinkRare 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
1. eating strange food; eating bizarre things
Noun
2. simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal mealSee also 粗食
Noun
3. eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
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悪食 【あくしょく】
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Noun
1. eating strange food; eating bizarre things
Noun
2. simple diet; plain food; simple food; frugal mealSee also 粗食
Noun
3. eating meat (thus breaking Buddhist rules)
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悪食 【あくしょく】
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Noun, Suru verb
1. management; dealing with; settlement; cleaning up; disposal
  • かれ
  • ごご午後
  • いっぱい
  • つか使って
  • さくねん昨年
  • ほうれん草
  • 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
  • はしか麻疹
  • ゆしゅつこく輸出国
  • いやみ嫌味
  • ほんね本音
  • とれる
  • こと
  • 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)
4. economizing; economising; frugality; being thrifty
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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.
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.
frugal, economy, thrifty
On: ケン
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Sentences — 5 found

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      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
    • 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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