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けち
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Noun
1. stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard
also written 吝嗇
2. shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; paltry
3. petty; narrow-minded; mean-spirited; small-minded
Noun
4. bad luck; ill omen; misfortune; jinx
Alt. forms
ケチ
69%
けち
30%
Pitch accent
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Examples (6 in total)
He's very stingy.
Despite all his wealth, he is stingy.
Take back what you said about me being stingy.
Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.
Accordingly as people become rich, they are apt to be stingy.
Once upon a time, there lived a stingy old man in the village.