せんきん
Meanings
Noun
1. 1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
Pitch accent
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んきん
Composed of
thousand; 1,000
gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
every moment is precious; time is money; precious time
priceless; invaluable
hanging by a thread; being in imminent danger; critical situation; (lit.) a thousand weights on a single hair
being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat
one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost
a smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman
word of great value
Examples (1 in total)
True friendship is priceless.