勤きん倹けん力りっ行こう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

work hard and practice frugality

A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) expressing the virtue of diligent work and thrifty living. Often used in moral or self-improvement contexts.

• 祖そ父ふは勤きん倹けん力りっ行こうを生しょう涯がいの信しん条じょうとしていた。

  My grandfather made hard work and frugality his lifelong creed.

• 勤きん倹けん力りっ行こうの精せい神しんで家か計けいを立たて直なおした。

  We rebuilt our household finances with a spirit of diligence and thrift.