Word details
一文惜しみ
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 一文惜しみ.
Dictionary
Entry
1
stinginess; miserliness
Examples
一文惜しみの百知らず。
Penny wise, pound foolish.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
一
one, one radical (no.1)
1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1
On
イチイツ
Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
Nanori
かずいいっいるかつかづてんはじめひひとつまこと
文
sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
4 strokesFrequency 190JLPT N3Grade 1
On
ブンモン
Kun
ふみあや
Nanori
かざりふも
惜
pity, be sparing of, frugal, stingy, regret
11 strokesFrequency 1,641JLPT N1Grade 8
On
セキ
Kun
お.しいお.しむ
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