ケチる

けちる

to be stingy, to scrimp

ケチ

stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard

ケチを付ける

ケチをつける けちをつける

to find fault with, to rain on one's parade, to nitpick, to quibble

ケチ臭い

けちくさい

stingy; mean; tight-fisted; cheap

ケチが付く

ケチがつく

to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one

駆けつける

かけつける

to run to, to come running, to rush (someplace), to hasten

見つける

みつける みっける

to discover, to find (e.g. an error in a book), to come across, to detect, to spot

来つける

きつける

to visit frequently; to call on frequently

傷つける

きずつける

to wound; to injure

託つける

かこつける たくつける

to use as an excuse, to pretend that, to use something as an excuse, to make something the pretext (for)

文つける

あやつける

to make a false accusation; to invent a pretext for a quarrel

売りつける

うりつける

to palm off, to force a sale

火をつける

ひをつける

to ignite, to set fire to

照りつける

てりつける

to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon

切りつける

きりつける

to cut at, to slash at

嗅ぎつける

かぎつける

to sniff out; to get wind of

彫りつける

ほりつける

to carve (design)

睨みつける

にらみつける

to glare at, to scowl at