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せこいセコイセコい
1. [adj-i]
▶ petty
▶ small-minded
▶ stingy
▶ cheap
▶ mean
▶ crafty
▶ sly
2. [adj-i] [obs]
《used by actors and performers in the Meiji era》
▶ poor (performance, etc.)
▶ bad
▶ unskilled

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2021-01-16 19:53:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2021-01-16 17:11:05  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs, koj
meikyo: 芸などが、まずい。悪い。◇明治期の役者・芸人の間で使われた語。
  Comments:
We should probably have the original meaning.
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20,10 @@
+<gloss>crafty</gloss>
+<gloss>sly</gloss>
+</sense>
+<sense>
+<pos>&adj-i;</pos>
+<misc>&obs;</misc>
+<s_inf>used by actors and performers in the Meiji era</s_inf>
+<gloss>poor (performance, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>bad</gloss>
+<gloss>unskilled</gloss>
3. A* 2021-01-16 16:58:42  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5
  Comments:
I don't think the examples for "cheap" are needed.
  Diff:
@@ -18 +18,2 @@
-<gloss>cheap (as in cheap shot, cheating, skirting the rules, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>cheap</gloss>
+<gloss>mean</gloss>
2. A 2021-01-12 09:48:32  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
セコい	35295
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>セコい</reb>
1. A* 2021-01-12 08:19:30  Opencooper
  Refs:
G n-grams:

せこい	123031
セコイ	91372
せこい考え	1883
セコイ考え	2016
せこい奴	1215
セコイ奴	1272
  Diff:
@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+</r_ele>
+<r_ele>
+<reb>セコイ</reb>

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