Moto 銭: Coin; .01 Yen; MoneyKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- セン、ゼン
- Kun'yomi
- ぜに、すき
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 126 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (セン・ゼン)
- 金銭きんせんmoney; cash
- 銭せんsen (hundredth of a yen)
- 銭湯せんとうpublic bath; bathhouse
- 釣り銭つりせんchange (for a purchase)
- さい銭さいせんmonetary offering; offertory
- つり銭つりせんchange (for a purchase)
- つり銭口つりせんぐちcoin return slot; change slot
- びた銭びたせんcoin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin
- スパ銭スパせんlarge bathhouse with many different services; deluxe public bath
- スーパー銭湯スーパーせんとうlarge bathhouse with many different services; deluxe public bath
- タバコ銭タバコせんtobacco money; money to buy a pack of cigarettes
- バラ銭バラせんcoins; small change
- 一文半銭いちもんはんせんmeagre sum of money
- 一文銭いちもんせんone-mon coin
- 一紙半銭いっしはんせんsmall sum; things of little value
- 一銭いっせんone sen; one-hundredth of a yen
- 一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣くいっせんをわらうものはいっせんになくtake care of the penny; he who makes fun of one sen will cry at one sen
- 上げ銭あげせんcommission; brokerage
- 借銭しゃくせんdebt
- 六文銭ろくもんせんcrest of the Sanada clan (features six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
- 六道銭ろくどうせんsix coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
- 刀銭とうせんknife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor
- 剰銭じょうせんremaining money; change
- 口銭こうせんcommission; brokerage
- 古銭こせんold coin
- 古銭学こせんがくnumismatics
- 古銭学者こせんがくしゃnumismatist
- 守銭奴しゅせんどmiser; niggard
- 宿銭やどせんhotel charges
- 富本銭ふほんせんJapan's first coinage (dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation)
- 寺銭てらせんfee charged by a gambling house; house cut
- 小遣い銭こづかいせんpocket money; spending money
- 布銭ふせんbujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
- 悪銭あくせんill-gotten money; bad coin
- 悪銭身につかずあくせんみにつかずeasy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes
- 悪銭身に付かずあくせんみにつかずeasy come, easy go; lightly comes, lightly goes
- 投げ銭なげせんtossed coin (to a street performer or beggar)
- 揚げ銭あげせんcommission; brokerage
- 木戸銭きどせんgate money; admission fee
- 永楽銭えいらくせんChinese coinage produced during the reign of the Yongle Emperor (used in Japan from the Muromachi period to the early Edo period)
- 泥棒に追い銭どろぼうにおいせんthrowing good money after bad
- 渡し銭わたしせんferriage
- 湯銭ゆせんfee for public bath
- 無銭むせんwithout money; no need for money
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 小銭こぜにsmall change; coins
- 日銭ひぜにdaily income in cash; money paid by daily installments
- 身銭みぜにone's own money
- あぶく銭あぶくぜにeasy money
- 仏の沙汰も銭ほとけのさたもぜにmoney talks; money is the key that opens all doors
- 安物買いの銭失いやすものがいのぜにうしないyou get what you pay for; wasting money on a cheap item
- 宵越しの銭は持たないよいごしのぜにはもたないspending a day's revenue within the day; being liberal with one's money
- 小銭入れこぜにいれchange purse
- 懐銭ふところぜにpocket money
- 枕銭まくらぜにpillow money; pillow tip
Other readings
- ばら銭バラせんcoins; small change
- 小遣銭こづかいせんpocket money; spending money
- 御銭おあしmoney; coin
- 投銭なげせんtossed coin (to a street performer or beggar)
- 散銭バラせんcoins; small change
- 泡銭あぶくぜにeasy money
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