Meaning

Primary

Without Sparing

Alternative

Spare No

Word Type

い adjective

Explanation

Remember how you learned that 惜しむ means "to be sparing?" Well if you make that negative with ない, then you're doing it without sparing anything instead.

Reading

おしまない
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word is made up of a single kanji, it probably uses the kun'yomi reading. You learned this reading already, so you should be able to read this already too!

Context

Context Sentences

目的を成し遂げるには、努力を惜しまないことが大切だと思います。

I think it’s important to spare no effort in fulfilling your goals.

Kanji Composition