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倹約
JLPT 1 - Kana Reading
- けんやく
- Romaji
- ken'yaku
- 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.
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