なげせん

Japanese

Alternative spellings
投げ銭 投銭 (dated)

Etymology

From 投(な)げ (nage, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 投(な)げる (nageru).”) + 銭(せん) (sen).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) なげ​せん [nàgéꜜsèǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])
• (Tokyo) なげせん [nàgéséń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [na̠ɡe̞sẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

なげせん • (nagesen) 

1. gratuity for a performer, or, (Internet) patronage of / donation to content creators