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倹けん約やく

N1
けんやく ken'yaku
  1. thrift
  2. economy
  3. frugality
nounする verbtransitiveな-adjective

Chinese meanings

节俭

Examples

  • 彼かれは金かねをためるため何なん年ねん間かんもけちけち倹けん約やくした。
    He pinched and scraped for many years to save money.
    他为攒钱多年一直省吃俭用。
  • 収しゅう入にゅうが低ひくいと倹けん約やくせざるを得えなくなる。
    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"
  }
}