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省 ministry / cut down on

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

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