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    3. 切り詰め

    切り詰め

    切きり​詰つめ​

    retrenchment

    KMT10News #42+1NounDaily LifeKanji Vocab21 strokes

    きりつめ

    Noun

    1.
    retrenchment, curtailment

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    Speed1.0x

    生せい活かつ費ひを切きり詰つめる必ひつ要ようがある。

    I need to cut down on living expenses.

    KMT8Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    予よ算さんを切きり詰つめて、新あたらしいプロジェクトに資し金きんを回まわした。

    We cut down the budget and allocated funds to a new project.

    KMT10Business & FinanceWork & Career
    不ふ況きょうのため、多おおくの企き業ぎょうが経けい費ひの切きり詰つめを余よ儀ぎなくされている。

    Due to the recession, many companies are forced to curtail expenses.

    KMT10Business & FinanceWork & Career
    旅りょ行こうのために、毎まい日にちの食しょく費ひを切きり詰つめている。

    I'm cutting down on daily food expenses for a trip.

    KMT10Daily LifeFood & DiningTravel & Transportation
    時じ間かんを切きり詰つめて、なんとか締しめ切きりに間まに合あわせた。

    I cut down on time and somehow made it to the deadline.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career

    Characters that make up this word

    切
    き.る・-き.る・き.り・-き.り・-ぎ.り・き.れる…(9)
    cut・cutoff・be sharp
    Kanji
    詰
    つ.める・つ.め・-づ.め・つ.まる・つ.む…(4)
    packed・close・pressed・reprove・rebuke…(1)
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
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