JLPT N1 Advanced
銭
Money, coins, or the historical 1/100th yen unit
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錢 outdated kanji
お銭 o-zeni, colloquial for money
1 Noun
Money / Cash / Coins
Serves as a colloquial or slightly rough term for money, specifically referring to cash or coins.
Example
A 神社 で お 賽銭 を 入れよう 。
B あ 、 ごめん 、 今 小銭 が ない ん だ 。
[A:] Let's put a money offering (osaisen) in at the shrine. [B:] Oh, sorry, I don't have any small change (kozeni) right now.
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2 Noun
Sen (a unit of currency)
Represents a historical currency unit worth one-hundredth of a yen, largely obsolete in physical form.
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