Kanji
N1 10 strokes Grade 8 freq #2479

frugal, economy, thrifty

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

person hito

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

thrift; economy
industry; diligence
economizing; thriftiness
economical and simple
thrifty person; frugal person
economy; thrift
respectfulness and modesty; deference
greedy and stingy
work hard and practice frugality
thrift and saving

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

thrifty; frugal
custom (habit) of diligence and thrift

Example sentences

Living is dear, accordingly we have to economize.

A small income obliges us to thrift.

She is very frugal, not to say stingy.

He is an economizer.