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Japanese
Etymology
Shift from 怪事 (keji, “unfortunate event”). Used in the Edo period to mean "a shabby, lowborn individual" before taking on the current sense.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
けち or ケチ • (kechi)
- miser
- miserliness; stinginess
Adjective
けち • (kechi) -na (adnominal けちな (kechi na na), adverbial けちに (kechi ni ni))
- stingy, miserly
- けちなおやじ ― kechi na oyaji ― a stingy old man
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