きりつめる – Vocabulary details

きりつめる

Verb (1-dan, transitive)

1. to shorten; to cut short; to trim

2. to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on; to economize; to economise

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end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

費ひ用ようはギリギリまできりつめられた。

The budget was cut to the bone.

あなたは生せい活かつ費ひをきりつめた方ほうがいいですよ。

You had better cut down your living expenses.

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