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粗末 (そまつ): humble, miserable, crude — Japanese vocabulary

粗末 is read そまつ and means "humble, miserable, crude". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

粗末

Reading
そまつ · somatsu
Translation
humble, miserable, crude
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
そまつが

Example

食べ物を粗末にしたくないので彼は全部食べた。

たべものをそまつにしたくないのでかれはぜんぶたべた。

He finished his dinner because he didn't like to waste food.

Kanji in this word

  • 粗 — coarse, rough
  • 末 — end

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