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けんやく is an exact match with one form of the following word:
倹約
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Reading : けんやく   
thrift; economy; frugality
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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倹約 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
• This form is used about 80% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 96,000 (about 2,100,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
• This form is used as an example of an official Joyo kanji reading
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Example sentences:
けんやく
倹約
なんて
わたし
せいしつじょう
性質上
できないこと
Thrift is alien to my nature.
いえ
しはら
支払
ため
ぼく
けんやく
倹約
しなければならない
だろう
To make our house payments, we're going to have to tighten our belts.
しゅうにゅう
収入
ひく
けんやく
倹約
せざるを
なく
なる
A small income obliges us to thrift.
けんやく
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 162,000 (about 484,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 35 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ケン    thrifty, simple, modest   
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ケン    unanimous   
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オウ    centre   
assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ヤク    promise; approximate   
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シャク   ladle
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wrap
dot   
シ   いと thread   
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