"けち" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "Shift from 怪事 (keji, “unfortunate event”). Used in the Edo period to mean \"a shabby, lowborn individual\" before taking on the current sense.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "けち",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケチ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kechi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ケチ"
      },
      "expansion": "けち or ケチ • (kechi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "miser"
      ],
      "id": "en-けち-ja-noun-OUPw9Q8Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "miser",
          "miser"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "4 2 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 3 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 3 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 4 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 3 94",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "miserliness; stinginess"
      ],
      "id": "en-けち-ja-noun-ZIevjg8A",
      "links": [
        [
          "miserliness",
          "miserliness"
        ],
        [
          "stinginess",
          "stinginess"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ke̞t͡ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "けち"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Shift from 怪事 (keji, “unfortunate event”). Used in the Edo period to mean \"a shabby, lowborn individual\" before taking on the current sense.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kechi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けちな",
      "roman": "kechi na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けちに",
      "roman": "kechi ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "けち • (kechi) -na (adnominal けちな (kechi na), adverbial けちに (kechi ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a stingy old man",
          "roman": "kechi na oyaji",
          "text": "けちなおやじ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stingy, miserly"
      ],
      "id": "en-けち-ja-adj-K1ur~hzE",
      "links": [
        [
          "stingy",
          "stingy"
        ],
        [
          "miserly",
          "miserly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ke̞t͡ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "けち"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shift from 怪事 (keji, “unfortunate event”). Used in the Edo period to mean \"a shabby, lowborn individual\" before taking on the current sense.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "けち",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ケチ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kechi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ケチ"
      },
      "expansion": "けち or ケチ • (kechi)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "miser"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miser",
          "miser"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "miserliness; stinginess"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miserliness",
          "miserliness"
        ],
        [
          "stinginess",
          "stinginess"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ke̞t͡ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "けち"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese な-na adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Shift from 怪事 (keji, “unfortunate event”). Used in the Edo period to mean \"a shabby, lowborn individual\" before taking on the current sense.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kechi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けちな",
      "roman": "kechi na",
      "tags": [
        "adnominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "けちに",
      "roman": "kechi ni",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "infl": "na"
      },
      "expansion": "けち • (kechi) -na (adnominal けちな (kechi na), adverbial けちに (kechi ni))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "a stingy old man",
          "roman": "kechi na oyaji",
          "text": "けちなおやじ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "stingy, miserly"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stingy",
          "stingy"
        ],
        [
          "miserly",
          "miserly"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ke̞t͡ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "けち"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "けち"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "けち",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "けち"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "けち",
  "trace": ""
}