thrift

/θrɪft/

意味: 倹約、節約

例文: Haruki’s thrift saved the family money.
　　  ハルキの倹約が家計を助けた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: thrift store(節約店), thrift shopping(節約買い物), thrift savings(節約貯金)

定義: 節約や倹約を意味します。お金や資源を無駄にせず、賢く使うことを指します。特に、必要なものを安く手に入れたり、無駄を省くことに重点を置きます。

thriftは約400,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers
Noun: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): frugality, subshrub

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): american feverfew, american spikenard, avens, beach heather, bird’s foot trefoil, bloodleaf, blue curls, blue star, bristly sarsaparilla, bur marigold, burdock, caltrop, centaury, chaffweed, coral gem, corchorus, cube, darling pea, deer grass, desert plume, diapensia, economy, eriogonum, eryngo, false heather, french honeysuckle, germander, guayule, hoary pea, horseshoe vetch, jerusalem sage, loosestrife, marguerite, matchweed, matilija poppy, milkwort, mountain avens, pachysandra, parsimony, partridge pea, periwinkle, phlomis, pinwheel, prairie bird’s-foot trefoil, prince’s-feather, restharrow, sagebrush, sea lavender, sicklepod, st john’s wort, sweet vetch, thrift, tick trefoil, twinflower, western sand cherry, wild lupine, wild sarsaparilla, woodruff, wormwood

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): cliff rose

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: parsimonious, penny-pinching, thrifty

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: economics

Usage Category: rare

Usage Context: general

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Exam Level

英検準1級

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: disgust, positive, trust