せっけん〔節倹〕 〈名〉Economy; frugality; thrift:(=な) economical; frugal; thrifty:(=する) to economize; to practise economy; to exercise economy; to save (money or expenses) ◆彼はごく節倹に暮らしている　He lives with the greatest frugality―with the most rigid economy. ◆非常に節倹にしても間に合わない　With the greatest economy, I can not make both ends meets. ◆彼は恩給で節倹に暮らしている　He economizes on his pension. ◆節倹も好いがそりゃ極端だ　That is carrying frugality too for―carrying frugality to excess. ◆彼は極度の節倹を行って月給で間に合わしている　He makes both ends meet by carrying frugality to its extreme. ◆節倹家　a frugal person―an economist 　

せつげん〔節減〕 〈名〉Reduction; curtailment; retrenchment:(=する) to reduce; to curtail; to retrench; to cut down; to draw in ◆経費を節減する　to reduce the expenditures―curtail the expenses―retrench the expenditures―cut down the expenses―draw in the expenses ◆経費節減　reduction of expenditure―retrenchment of expenditure―financial retrenchment