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Sentence

He is calculating and stingy, so even at a drinking party he calculates the split down to the last yen.

Related words

算盤高そろばんだかい

Hiragana
そろばんだかい
Adjective

calculating, miserly, stingy

He is calculating and stingy, so even at a drinking party he calculates the split down to the last yen.

Word Forms

The basic and commonly used forms of this adjective.

Basic forms
Form Word form Usage
Imperfective form (mizenkei)
Alternative: 計算高かろ
Used in forms such as karou; mainly literary.
Continuative form (renyokei)
Alternative: 算盤高かっ 計算高く 計算高かっ
Used in forms such as kute and kunai.
Conclusive form (shushikei)
Alternative: 計算高い
Ends a sentence.
Attributive form (rentaikei)
Alternative: 計算高い
Modifies a noun.
Conditional form (kateikei)
Alternative: 計算高けれ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Imperative form (meireikei)
Alternative: 計算高かれ
Rarely used in modern Japanese.
Common forms
Form Word form Usage
Te-form
Alternative: 計算高くて
Connects clauses with kute.
Ta-form
Alternative: 計算高かった
Expresses the past with katta.
Nai-form
Alternative: 計算高くない
Expresses negation with kunai.
Ba-form
Alternative: 計算高ければ
Expresses a condition with kereba.
Notes
  • 「算盤高い」は主に「そろばんだかい」と読む。表記・語形の関連語として「計算高い」(けいさんだかい)を variants に含めた。

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