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省く (はぶく, habuku) Japanese meaning: omit | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 省く · godan verb (-ku)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 省はぶ く 省はぶ かない Polite 省はぶ きます 省はぶ きません Past polite 省はぶ きました 省はぶ きませんでした Past 省はぶ いた 省はぶ かなかった Te-form 省はぶ いて 省はぶ かないで Desire 省はぶ きたい 省はぶ きたくない Potential 省はぶ ける 省はぶ けない Passive 省はぶ かれる 省はぶ かれない Causative 省はぶ かせる 省はぶ かせない Causative passive 省はぶ かせられる also 省はぶ かされる 省はぶ かせられない also 省はぶ かされない Volitional 省はぶ こう Polite volitional 省はぶ きましょう Imperative 省はぶ け 省はぶ くな Conditional 省はぶ けば 省はぶ かなければ Tara conditional 省はぶ いたら 省はぶ かなかったら
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部ぶ
分ぶん
は
省はぶ
い
て
ください
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Please omit the detailed parts of the explanation.
He often skips breakfast.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 の 手て 間ま を 省はぶ く to save the trouble/effort of doing something
Using this machine lets you save the trouble of doing laundry.
説せつ 明めい を 省はぶ く to omit an explanation
Since we don't have time, I'll skip the detailed explanation.
前まえ 置お きを 省はぶ く to skip the preamble/introduction
Let's skip the introduction and get straight to the main topic.
Kanji 省 government ministry, conserve, omit Related words· 9 略す is about abbreviating or shortening words and phrases, while 省く is about omitting or eliminating elements from a larger whole or process.
削る implies physically shaving off or drastically cutting down an existing amount, while 省く simply means leaving out something unnecessary.
除く means to remove or exclude something that is already present, while 省く means to leave something out from the start, often for the sake of efficiency.
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.
Show 5 more 省く means to omit or leave something out deliberately, while 飛ばす in this sense adds a nuance of casually or quickly skipping over it.
省く is the neutral, common verb for omitting something, whereas 抜かす carries a slightly careless or rough nuance.
省く means to omit or leave out something as unnecessary, whereas スキップ implies actively jumping past it without necessarily judging it unneeded.
省く means to deliberately omit something as unnecessary, while 漏らす (in this sense) suggests an omission that may be accidental as well as intentional.
Opposites 加える means to add something, the opposite of 省く, which means to leave something out.
含める means to include something in a set, contrasting with 省く, which means to exclude or omit it.
省く means to omit or leave something out, the opposite of 付け足す which means to add something extra.
Don't confuse with 省みる shares the kanji 省 with 省く but means to reflect on or review one's own past actions, an unrelated meaning to omitting or cutting things out.
省く is a regular verb meaning 'to omit/leave out' and is likely the etymological source of ハブ, but 省く is used for omitting things or steps, not for socially excluding a person.
省く means to omit or cut something out entirely, whereas 節約 means to use something more sparingly without necessarily eliminating it.
Etymology The kanji 省 means 'focus' or 'omit'. The verb はぶく is of native Japanese origin, with the exact derivation uncertain.
省く is the clearer, more formal word for deliberately omitting or leaving out something unnecessary, while 抜く is broader and can also casually mean to skip a meal or step.
