Lingaku省く【はぶく】
Frequency rank: 9,331. – 9,346.
- to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate
- to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 省く【はぶく】Frequency rank: 9,331. – 9,346.
- はぶくFrequency rank: 54,044. – 55,693.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate
- to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise
This meaning is used when something is intentionally not included or is disregarded. It often implies that what is omitted is deemed unnecessary or not relevant.
This meaning refers to reducing something, often in terms of expenses or resources, indicating a more efficient use of what is available.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
18 results
If the list of books is too long, please leave out all foreign books.
The teacher omitted the exercise on page 21 of the book.
Time is short and we must omit some of the speeches from the program.
I had to leave out this problem for lack of space.
Computers can save us a lot of time and trouble.
Computers save us a lot of time and trouble.