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吝嗇, 悋嗇, りんしょく

  • rinshoku

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

  • stinginess
  • miser
  • miserliness
  • selfishness

Examples of 吝嗇,悋嗇,りんしょく in a Sentence

彼は自分のお金に関しては非常にけちだ。
He is very mean with his money.
彼はけちと言わないまでもとても倹約家だ。
He is very frugal, not to say stingy.
彼はけちとは言わないまでも倹約家だ。
He is thrifty, not to say stingy.
金持ちかもしれないがけちだ。
He may be rich but stingy.
いったい、いつになったらそのケチは直るの？
When will you ever loosen your purse strings?
彼女はけちと言わないまでも倹約家だ。
She is a frugal, not to say stingy.
彼女はけちとは言わないまでも、とてもつましい。
She is very frugal, not to say stingy.
晩年になってそのけちは気前がよくなった。
Late in life the miser learned to be generous with money.
富があるにもかかわらず、彼はけちだ。
Despite all his wealth, he is stingy.
シャイロックは欲張りで、さらに悪いことには大変なけちだ。
Shylock is greedy, and what is worse, very stingy.

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