小銭

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
小	銭
こ Grade: 1	ぜに Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
小錢 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

小(こ)銭(ぜに) • (kozeni)

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

Derived terms edit

小銭入(こぜにい)れ (kozeniire): change purse

See also edit

お釣(つ)り (otsuri)
釣(つ)り銭(せん) (tsurisen)

References edit

^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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