Word Meaning お小遣い

おこづかい okozukai

お小遣い is read as おこづかい (okozukai) and means personal expenses.

Meaning

English

  1. personal expenses
  2. pocket money
  3. spending money
  4. incidental expenses
  5. allowance

Reading

Kana

おこづかい

Romaji

okozukai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 47571 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

小遣い

こづかい

pocket money

小遣い銭

こづかいせん

pocket money

小遣い稼ぎ

こづかいかせぎ

earning extra money (e.g. from a side job)

小遣い帳

こづかいちょう

cash book

言葉遣い

ことばづかい

speech

無駄遣い

むだづかい

waste (of money, time, etc.)

人形遣い

にんぎょうづかい

puppet operator

心遣い

こころづかい

consideration (for)

仮名遣い

かなづかい

kana orthography

気遣い

きづかい

consideration

器が小さい

うつわがちいさい

intolerant

Example Sentences

8

I give my children an allowance.

I don't give my children an allowance.

Don't fritter away your allowance.

Do you sometimes give your younger sister money?

Don't waste your pocket money.

I've already spent all my pocket money for this month.

Tom gives his children an allowance.

Mayumi gathered her small change and bought a beach ball.