倹約
N1けんやく ken'yaku
- thrift
- economy
- frugality
nounする verbtransitiveな-adjective
Chinese meanings
节俭
Examples
- 彼は金をためるため何年間もけちけち倹約した。He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.他为攒钱多年一直省吃俭用。
- 収入が低いと倹約せざるを得なくなる。A small income obliges us to thrift.收入低就不得不节俭。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2db513025c'); // 倹約
{
"id": "2db513025c",
"word": "倹約",
"reading": "けんやく",
"romaji": "ken'yaku",
"meanings": [
"thrift",
"economy",
"frugality"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vt",
"adj-na"
],
"jmdict_id": 1256010,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は金をためるため何年間もけちけち倹約した。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{金|かね}をためるため{何年間|なんねんかん}もけちけち{倹約|けんやく}した。",
"en": "He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.",
"tatoeba_id": 108223
},
{
"ja": "収入が低いと倹約せざるを得なくなる。",
"furigana": "{収入|しゅうにゅう}が{低|ひく}いと{倹約|けんやく}せざるを{得|え}なくなる。",
"en": "A small income obliges us to thrift.",
"tatoeba_id": 148285
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "31a0f7ccc921f345d8824926d148866fca44599b81924c44259f7e7de7d9ff60",
"meanings": [
"节俭"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は金をためるため何年間もけちけち倹約した。",
"zh": "他为攒钱多年一直省吃俭用。"
},
{
"ja": "収入が低いと倹約せざるを得なくなる。",
"zh": "收入低就不得不节俭。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/2db513025c",
"JMdict ent_seq 1256010; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "84a7480c1291935111ef1776bc1d94e66368d2682b4792066f0c6441f62358c2",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}