Japanese Word Entry
儉しいSimplified Japanese form: 倹しい
| Kana: | つましい |
| Romaji: | tsumashii |
| Definition: | thrifty, frugal, economical |
| Alternative form: |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 儉 | economy, thrifty, temperate, frugal, economical |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄐㄧㄢˇ (jiǎn) |
| Cantonese: | gim6 |
| Japanese: | ケン (ken) / つま.しい (tsumashii)、 つづまやか (tsudumayaka)、 つずまやか (tsuzumayaka) |
| Korean: | 검 (geom) |
| Vietnamese: | kiệm |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 俭 |
| Simplified Japanese form: | 倹 |
| 約 | promise, approximately, shrink, treaty, agreement, covenant |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄩㄝ (yuē), ㄧㄠ (yāo), ㄧㄠˋ (yào), ㄉㄧˋ (dì) |
| Cantonese: | joek3 |
| Japanese: | ヤク (yaku) / つづ.まる (tsudumaru)、 つづ.める (tsudumeru)、 つづま.やか (tsudumayaka)、 つずめる (tsuzumeru)、 つずまやか (tsuzumayaka) |
| Korean: | 약 (yag), 요 (yo) |
| Vietnamese: | ước |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 约 |
