省く · godan verb (-ku)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 省く | 省かない |
| Polite | 省きます | 省きません |
| Past polite | 省きました | 省きませんでした |
| Past | 省いた | 省かなかった |
| Te-form | 省いて | 省かないで |
| Desire | 省きたい | 省きたくない |
| Potential | 省ける | 省けない |
| Passive | 省かれる | 省かれない |
| Causative | 省かせる | 省かせない |
| Causative passive | 省かせられるalso 省かされる | 省かせられないalso 省かされない |
| Volitional | 省こう | |
| Polite volitional | 省きましょう | |
| Imperative | 省け | 省くな |
| Conditional | 省けば | 省かなければ |
| Tara conditional | 省いたら | 省かなかったら |
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Used for intentionally leaving something out of a process, list, or statement. Often implies streamlining or skipping unnecessary parts.
Please omit the detailed parts of the explanation.
彼は朝食を省くことが多い。
He often skips breakfast.
godan verb (-ku), transitive verb
Focuses on reducing waste, effort, or expense. Often used with 手間, 時間, 費用, etc.
手間を省くために新しい機械を導入した。
We introduced new machines to save labor.
無駄な出費は省くべきだ。
You should cut down on unnecessary expenses.
Using this machine lets you save the trouble of doing laundry.
Since we don't have time, I'll skip the detailed explanation.
Let's skip the introduction and get straight to the main topic.
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.
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.
省く means to omit or leave something out, the opposite of 付け足す which means to add something extra.