倹けん吝りん

na-adjective, noun

greedy and stingy

Obsolete term describing a person who is both covetous and miserly. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by expressions like 欲張りでけち or 貪欲で吝嗇.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「倹けん吝りんの者もの」という表ひょう現げんが見みられる。

  In old documents, the expression 'a greedy and stingy person' can be found.