Word · 単語
銭
Reading せん
sen (hundredth of a yen)
- 1 sen (hundredth of a yen)
- 2 coin made of non-precious materials
- 3 one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
- 4 one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
N5
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
安物買いの銭失い。
Buy cheap and waste your money.
sense 3 · one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
銭厘を大切にすれば大金はおのずとたまる。
Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.
sense 2 · coin made of non-precious materials
彼のビジネスプランは立派だけど、勘定あって銭足らず、という気もするけどね。
His business plan looks good on paper but I get the feeling it would never work in practice.
sense 3 · one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)