切りつめる – Vocabulary details

切きりつめる

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

うちの経けい費ひを切きりつめよう。

Let's cut down our expenses.

彼かれらは生せい活かつ費ひを切きりつめた方ほうがよい。

They had better cut down their living expenses.

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