賽銭

Japanese

Kanji in this term
賽	銭
さい Hyōgai	せん Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
賽錢 (kyūjitai) さい銭

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいせん [sàíséń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) さいせん [sàíséꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [sa̠isẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

賽(さい)銭(せん) • (saisen) ^{←さいせん (saisen)^?}

money offered to the gods
(North America) tip, gratuity
Synonym: チップ

Derived terms

賽銭箱(さいせんばこ) (saisen-bako)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 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