銭せん
Meanings
Noun
1. sen (hundredth of a yen)
Here, fifteen sen gets you a pretty decent lunch.
2. coin made of non-precious materials
3. one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
4. one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
Kanji used
coin
Pitch accent
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Top 8300
Used in vocabulary (53 in total)
money; cash
monetary offering; offertory
change (for a purchase)
copper coin
tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar); tossed coin; (online) tipping; tip; donation
change (for a purchase)
monetary offering; offertory
change (for a purchase)
without money; no need for money
gate money; admission fee
coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
Song dynasty copper coin
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
ill-gotten money; bad coin
toll; transit fee
admission fee (at the theatre, etc.); stall space fee (at an outdoor market, etc.); stake (in gambling); bet
bathhouse charge
commission; brokerage
silver coin
small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift
fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee
small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift
coins; small change
large bathhouse with many different services; deluxe public bath
perforated coin
coins; small change
knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor
rice and money; money to purchase rice
commission; brokerage; wages; fee for a prostitute or geisha
coins; small change
twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods
lots of money; riches; wealth; rich person; wealthy person
tobacco money; money to buy a pack of cigarettes
bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
perforated coin
farewell gift
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
commission; brokerage; wages; fee for a prostitute or geisha
toy coin (Edo period)
tobacco money; money to buy a pack of cigarettes
rectangular figures
labor charge; wages; pay
pillow money; pillow tip; tip left by the pillow for the room maid
Examples (3 in total)
I think five sen is fine, though.
Here, fifteen sen gets you a pretty decent lunch.
The launch price was three yen fifty sen apiece.