小銭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小 銭
こ
Grade: 1 		ぜに
Grade: 6
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
小錢 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

小 (こ, ko, “small”) + 銭 (ぜに, zeni, “money, coin”)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) こぜに [kòzéní] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ko̞ze̞ɲ̟i]

Noun

小(こ)銭(ぜに) • (kozeni) 

  1. small money, small change, coins
    Synonym: (Tsugaru) だらこ (darako)

Derived terms

  • 小銭入(こぜにい)れ (kozeniire): change purse

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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