Meaning

Primary

To Omit

Alternatives

To Eliminate, To Skip, To Leave Out

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means conserve... but why stop there when you could try to omit everything and to eliminate everything? Just take exactly what you need, conserve it, and omit everything else.

Reading

はぶく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

You have (はぶ) what you have, and omit what you don't need. Perfect life.

Context

Context Sentences

最近はとても忙しいので、夕食を作る手間を省いてテイクアウトばかりしています。

I've been very busy these days, so I've been skipping meal prep and just buying to-go dinners.

説明がたくさん省かれていたので理解できませんでした。

A lot of the explanations were left out, so I couldn't understand it.

このロボットが多くの人手を省くはずだったが、状況は変化しないままである。

This robot was supposed to save us a lot of labor, but the situation remains unchanged.

Kanji Composition