Last Updated：2025/11/23

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waste not, want not

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Source Word

waste not, want not

Proverb

idiomatic

(idiomatic) If one is not wasteful then one will not be in need.

Japanese Meaning

無駄遣いをしなければ、必要なものが不足することはない / 無駄にせず節約すれば、後で困ることがない / 無駄を省くことで、生活における不足を防げる

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Whenever I considered tossing the extra vegetables, my grandmother would remind me, 'waste not, want not.'

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

余った野菜を捨てようかと考えるたびに、祖母はいつも『無駄遣いをしなければ困ることはない』と言っていた。

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(idiomatic) If one is not wasteful then one will not be in need.

There were, besides, some little pleasures in the shape of helping her to vegetable she didn't want, and when it had nearly alighted on her plate taking it across for his own use, on the plea of waste not, want not.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

waste not

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