JLPT N3 · Verb

省く (habuku)

省く (はぶく, habuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to omit; to leave out”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はぶく
Romaji: habuku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to eliminate · godan verb, transitive
to curtail; to save; to cut down; to economize; to economise · godan verb, transitive

Example sentences

細かい所は省いて構わない。

You may leave out the details.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 省く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	省く	はぶく habuku
Polite (~masu)	省きます	はぶきます habukimasu
Negative	省かない	はぶかない habukanai
Polite negative	省きません	はぶきません habukimasen
Past	省いた	はぶいた habuita
Polite past	省きました	はぶきました habukimashita
Negative past	省かなかった	はぶかなかった habukanakatta
Te-form	省いて	はぶいて habuite
Potential	省ける	はぶける habukeru
Passive	省かれる	はぶかれる habukareru
Causative	省かせる	はぶかせる habukaseru
Volitional	省こう	はぶこう habukou
Imperative	省け	はぶけ habuke
Conditional (~ba)	省けば	はぶけば habukeba

Kanji in 省く

省

government ministry, conserve, omitセイ・ショウ・かえり.みる・はぶ.く · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 省く.

省略しょうりゃくomission反省はんせいreflection省しょうministry省みるかえりみるto reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1351040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.