also: けちをつける
ケチを付ける · ichidan verb
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | ケチを付ける | ケチを付けない |
| Polite | ケチを付けます | ケチを付けません |
| Past polite | ケチを付けました | ケチを付けませんでした |
| Past | ケチを付けた | ケチを付けなかった |
| Te-form | ケチを付けて | ケチを付けないで |
| Desire | ケチを付けたい | ケチを付けたくない |
| Potential | ケチを付けられるalso ケチを付けれる | ケチを付けられないalso ケチを付けれない |
| Passive | ケチを付けられる | ケチを付けられない |
| Causative | ケチを付けさせる | ケチを付けさせない |
| Causative passive | ケチを付けさせられる | ケチを付けさせられない |
| Volitional | ケチを付けよう | |
| Polite volitional | ケチを付けましょう | |
| Imperative | ケチを付けろ | ケチを付けるな |
| Conditional | ケチを付ければ | ケチを付けなければ |
| Tara conditional | ケチを付けたら | ケチを付けなかったら |
find fault; complain; pick holes
Used when someone criticizes or finds flaws in something, often in a petty or nitpicking way. The object is marked with に.
He always finds fault with other people's work.
I wish you wouldn't pick holes in my carefully thought-out proposal.
jinx; throw cold water on; spoil
Used when someone says something negative that seems to invite bad luck or dampen a positive mood. Often used when someone makes an ominous remark about a good situation.
Don't jinx it by saying things like 'I hope it doesn't fail.'
His one remark threw cold water on the cheerful atmosphere.