けち – Vocabulary details

けち

Adjective (な)

Noun

1. stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny; frugal; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad

occ. written as 吝嗇

2. shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; paltry

3. petty; narrow-minded; mean-spirited; small-minded

Noun

4. bad luck; ill omen; misfortune; jinx

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stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor

stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor

miser; cheapskate; skinflint

彼かれはとてもけちだ。

He's very stingy.

富とみがあるにもかかわらず、彼かれはけちだ。

Despite all his wealth, he is stingy.

私わたしがけちだと言いったことを取とり消けしなさい。

Take back what you said about me being stingy.

シャイロックは欲よく張ばりで、さらに悪わるいことには大たい変へんなけちだ。

Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.

人ひとは金かね持もちになるに従したがってけちになりがちである。

Accordingly as people become rich, they are apt to be stingy.

昔むかし々むかしその村むらに１ひと人りのけちな老ろう人じんが住すんでいました。

Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village.

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