分相応 – vocab dash

分ぶん相そう応おう

Meanings

Na-adjective

Noun

1. within one's means

Kanji used

Pitch accent

ぶんそうおう

Composed of

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

Noun

suitable; appropriate; befitting; becoming; adequate; reasonable; proper; conjoining; association; samprayukta

Na-adjective

Examples4

分ぶん相そう応おうの暮くらしをするように努つとめなさい。

Try to live within your income.

分ぶん相そう応おうに暮くらせ。

Cut your coat according to your cloth.

分ぶん相そう応おうの暮くらしをするようにすべきだ。

You should try to live within your income.

保ほ守しゅ的てきな人ひとはすぐ分ぶん相そう応おうに振ふる舞まえという。

Conservative people always tell us to act within our station.