吝りん嗇しょく家か

noun

miser; skinflint; stingy person

A somewhat formal or literary term for a person who is extremely reluctant to spend money. In everyday speech, けち or 守銭奴 is more common.

• 彼かれは吝りん嗇しょく家かで、友とも達だちにコーヒー一いっ杯ぱいおごったことがない。

  He is such a miser that he has never treated a friend to even a cup of coffee.