# 省 ministry / cut down on

少 (a little (amount)) + 目 (eye)
★★★★☆
9 strokes
DUPE JERK

## Onyomi

SHOU |

## Mnemonic

| Cut down on your flirting - only SHOW me your eyes just a little.

## Kunyomi

はぶ*く | omit or　skip (skip the red tape, skip a step in the process, skip the rest of the kanji and go to bed , cut out unneccesary expenses ) ★★☆☆☆
かえり＊みる | to look back on - Unlike the OTHER かえりみる　(顧みる), 省みる is　pretty much only used in the sense of soul-searching or thinking about past misdeeds. DUPE ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

省略(しょうりゃく) する | abbreviate or leave out ★★★☆☆ 省 (ministry / cut down on) + 略 (abbreviation) = 省略 (abbreviate or leave out) ｔｏ　ａｂｂｒｅｖｉａｔｅ, omit, but also contraction. ( contractions like 'ain't' are 省略）
反省(はんせい) | soul-searching ★★☆☆☆ 反 (anti) + 省 (ministry / cut down on) = 反省 (soul-searching) soul-searching, self-reflection : "Where did I go wrong?" (maybe when you started writing a kanji dictionary thinking that it would be less than 900 A4 pages?)
xxx 務省(むしょう) | Ministry of XXX ★☆☆☆☆ SUF 務 (perform a task) + 省 (ministry / cut down on) = 務省 (Ministry of XXX) SUFFIX meaning, "the Ministry of XXX" (usually shortened to just xxx省）

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
省 | ministry / cut down on | A LITTLE | 少
身 | (one's own) flesh | YOUR OWN | 自

Cut down on smoking a LITTLE, and save your OWN flesh.

## Synonyms

delete 消去する 削除する 除く 取り除く 除去 解除 省く
regret 後ろめたい 省みる 後悔 反省 振り返る
skip, omit 消す 略す 省略 略語 飛ばす 除ける
to look back on, to regret 省みる 顧みる