Word details

どんぶり勘定

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word どんぶり勘定.

Dictionary

Entry

どんぶり勘定ドンブリ勘定丼勘定んぶりかんじょう (どんぶり勘定/丼勘定)ドンブリかんじょう (ドンブリ勘定)NounFreq #105108
1

rough estimate; sloppy accounting; slapdash bookkeeping

Examples
国の経済だって、家庭の経済だって、個人の経済だって、丼勘定でいいものではない。
Whether it's national economics, family economics, or personal economics, it's not something where sloppy accounting is good enough.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

intuition, perception, check, compare, sixth sense

11 strokesFrequency 1,494JLPT N1Grade 8

On

カン

Nanori

さとる

determine, fix, establish, decide

8 strokesFrequency 48JLPT N2Grade 3

On

テイジョウ

Kun

さだ.めるさだ.まるさだ.か

Nanori

さた

bowl, bowl of food

5 strokesFrequency 2,088Grade 8

On

トンタンショウセイ

Kun

どんぶり

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