Last Updated :2025/12/09

けちをつける

Kanji
けちを付ける
Verb
Japanese Meaning
あら探しをして欠点を指摘すること。難癖をつけること。 / 物事に不満や文句を言って評価を下げるような言動をすること。
Easy Japanese Meaning
人のしたことや物のわるいところをさがして、とがめるように言う。
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What is this buttons?
Sense(1)

to find fault

canonical

canonical

romanization

stem

past

table-tags

inflection-template

imperfective stem

imperfective

continuative stem

continuative

stem terminative

terminative

attributive stem

attributive

hypothetical stem

hypothetical

imperative literary stem

colloquial imperative stem

imperative literary

colloquial imperative

passive

passive

causative

causative

causative

causative

potential

colloquial potential

potential

colloquial potential

volitional

volitional

negative

negative

negative

negative

negative

negative

continuative negative

continuative negative

formal

formal

perfective

perfective

conjunctive

conjunctive

conditional hypothetical

conditional hypothetical

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けちをつける

彼はいつも私の料理にけちをつける。

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He always finds fault with my cooking.

He always finds fault with my cooking.

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彼はいつも私の料理にけちをつける。

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