単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Loan words#3,912 most used

ケチ

stinginess; cheapskate

HOW IT SOUNDS

Casual

IN A SENTENCE

He is a miser.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

When will you ever loosen your purse strings?

from Tatoeba

MEANINGS

1

stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard

noun · adjectival noun

TANGOYA ASKS

2

shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; paltry

adjectival noun · noun

3

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

noun · adjectival noun

4

bad luck; ill omen; misfortune; jinx

noun

DETAILS

Kind外来語, loan words

Frequency#3,912 most used

Writtenケチ only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium