Extreme stinginess or miserliness; a person who is excessively reluctant to spend or give.
彼は昔から吝嗇で、友人の誘いでも会費を払うのを渋る。
He has always been stingy and even hesitates to pay his share at friends' gatherings.
吝嗇だと言われたくなくて、必要な出費でもためらうことがある。
Not wanting to be called stingy, he sometimes hesitates even with necessary expenses.