ケチ

• 読み: けち
• ローマ字: kechi
• 発音: /ke.tɕi/

意味

Stingy; cheap; miserly. Describes a person who is excessively reluctant to spend money.

A na-adjective and noun typically written in katakana. Used both as an adjective (ケチな人, a stingy person) and as a noun (あの人はケチだ, that person is cheap). Carries a distinctly negative nuance. The verb form ケチる means 'to be stingy about' or 'to skimp on.' More casual and blunt than 倹約 (frugal).

例文

1. あの人はケチだからおごってくれない。
2. ケチなことを言わないでみんなで楽しもう。
3. 食費をケチると健康に悪い。

使い方ガイド

場面: money, personality, complaints

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Likely derived from 怪しからぬ (keshikaranu, improper/outrageous), which was shortened to ケチ over time. Another theory traces it to 'dirt' or 'flaw,' suggesting something marred by pettiness.

文化的背景

時代: Edo period

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal