Components
悋嗇 is an exact match with one form of the following word:
けち
BOOST
stinginess; miser; miserliness; selfishness  (see also: ケチ; also read けち)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 5 (among the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 83,983 which gives a rank of 8,909
けち is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 117,000 (about 1,150,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N3
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 2188 (see iKnow! collections)
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
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Example sentences:
かれ
けちとは
わない
までも
けんやくか
倹約家

He is thrifty, which is not to say stingy.
かのじょ
彼女
けちとは
わない
までもとてもつましい
She is very frugal, which is not to say stingy.
わたし
せっかくやっていることけちつけた
He threw cold water on what I was doing.
吝嗇
BOOST
Reading : りんしょく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 85,000 (about 2,920,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N1
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悋嗇
BOOST
Reading : りんしょく   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 246,000 (about 19,600 results)
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リン   しわ miserly, stingy   
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コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
miserly   
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カイ   エ   まわ to revolve   まわ to make turn   
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box, enclosure   
みこ shrine maiden   
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
リン   miserly   やぶさか reluctant, hesitant   
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