I Love Kanjiけち (kechi)
けち is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “stinginess; miserliness”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists.
- Reading
- けち
- Romaji
- kechi
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny · noun, な-adjective · occ. written as 吝嗇
- shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; paltry · な-adjective, noun
- petty; narrow-minded; mean-spirited; small-minded · noun, な-adjective
- bad luck; ill omen; misfortune; jinx · noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of けち
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | けちだ | けちだ kechida |
| Present (polite) | けちです | けちです kechidesu |
| Negative | けちじゃない | けちじゃない kechijanai |
| Past | けちだった | けちだった kechidatta |
| Negative past | けちじゃなかった | けちじゃなかった kechijanakatta |
| Te-form | けちで | けちで kechide |
| Before a noun | けちな | けちな kechina |
| Adverb (~ni) | けちに | けちに kechini |
Source: JMdict entry 2234080 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.