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けち: stinginess, miser — Japanese vocabulary

けち means "stinginess, miser". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

けち

Reading
けち · kechi
Translation
stinginess, miser
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
けちが

Example

彼はけちとは言わないまでも倹約家だ。

かれはけちとはいわないまでもけんやくかだ。

He is thrifty, not to say stingy.

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