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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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