節約する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 節約する | 節約しない |
| Polite | 節約します | 節約しません |
| Past polite | 節約しました | 節約しませんでした |
| Past | 節約した | 節約しなかった |
| Te-form | 節約して | 節約しないで |
| Desire | 節約したい | 節約したくない |
| Potential | 節約できる | 節約できない |
| Passive | 節約される | 節約されない |
| Causative | 節約させる | 節約させない |
| Causative passive | 節約させられる | 節約させられない |
| Volitional | 節約しよう | |
| Polite volitional | 節約しましょう | |
| Imperative | 節約しろ | 節約するな |
| Conditional | 節約すれば | 節約しなければ |
| Tara conditional | 節約したら | 節約しなかったら |
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
saving; economizing; cutting down
Broadly used for saving money, time, resources, or effort. Often implies a conscious effort to reduce waste or unnecessary spending.
To save on utility bills, I make a point of turning off lights frequently.
To save time, advance preparation is important.
I try to go to bed early to save electricity.
I make an effort to cut down on my monthly living expenses.
I'm cutting back on spending to save up for a trip abroad.
During my student years I lived a frugal life.
節約 is the plain, everyday word for actively saving money or resources, while 経済 in this sense is a more formal or abstract way to say the same thing.
節電 is limited to conserving electricity, whereas 節約 is the general word for economizing on money, resources, or time.
節約する describes deliberate, practical economizing of resources, whereas 惜しむ carries an emotional reluctance to part with something.
節約 is the everyday word for saving money or resources in daily life, while 節減 is more formal and typically used in institutional or policy contexts.
節約 means cutting back or economizing, whereas やりくり is about creatively rearranging limited resources to make things work.
節約する is the general verb for saving money or resources, while 詰める in this sense specifically means cutting expenses down to a tighter margin.
節約 refers to everyday saving or economizing by individuals or households, while 緊縮 is formal and typically describes policy-level spending cuts.
節約 is the everyday modern word for saving money or resources, while the frugality sense of 始末 is older-fashioned and more limited in use.
節約する focuses on saving money, time, or resources as the goal itself, while 省く focuses on cutting out an unnecessary step or element in a process.
節約 means being frugal and saving resources, the direct opposite of 無駄遣い, which means wastefully spending them.
節約 means saving or cutting back, the opposite of 奮発 (sense 2)'s spending extra as a treat.
節約する means to economize or save money, the opposite of おごる's sense of living extravagantly.
resource conservation; saving resources
maximum parsimony method