倹約
けんやく
ken'yaku
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- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)noun or participle which takes the aux. verb surutransitive verbadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) thrift; economy; frugality
Kanji in this word
Example sentences
彼は控え目に言っても倹約家だ。
kare ha hikaeme ni ixtsu te mo ken'yaku ka da 。
He is frugal, to say the least of it.
彼は倹約家だ。
kare ha ken'yaku ka da 。
He is an economizer.
彼は金をためるため何年間もけちけち倹約した。
kare ha kane wo tameru tame nan nenkan mo kechikechi ken'yaku shi ta 。
He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.
彼はけちと言わないまでもとても倹約家だ。
kare ha kechi to iwa nai made mo totemo ken'yaku ka da 。
He is very frugal, not to say stingy.
彼はけちとは言わないまでも倹約家だ。
kare ha kechi to ha iwa nai made mo ken'yaku ka da 。
He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
彼はかなり裕福だが倹約家だ。その点では父親に似てる。
kare ha kanari yuufuku da ga ken'yaku ka da 。 sono ten de ha chichioya ni ni teru 。
Though he is fairly well off, he is frugal; he takes after his father in that respect.