Conjugation
Tap for 省く (omit)
Tap for 省みる (reflect)
- 省略 — omission / abbreviation
- 反省 — reflection / remorse
- 省く — to omit / to cut down
- 省みる — to reflect (on oneself)
- 省庁 — government ministries and agencies
- 文科省 — Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (abbr.)
- 内省 — introspection
- 省エネ — energy saving
目 “eye” + the idea of trimming down → “look closely and leave out what’s unnecessary,” hence both omit and reflect. By extension, it appears in names of government ministries.
