吝りん嗇しょく

noun, na-adjective

stinginess; miserliness; parsimony

Describes a person or behavior that is extremely reluctant to spend money; often used as a noun or na-adjective. Compare with ケチ, which is more colloquial.

See also: ケチ

• 彼かれの吝りん嗇しょくぶりには呆あきれてしまう。

  I'm amazed at his stinginess.

• 吝りん嗇しょくな人ひとからは一いち円えんも出でてこない。

  Not a single yen comes out of a miserly person.