Word Meaning はした金

はしたがね hashitagane

はした金 is read as はしたがね (hashitagane) and means paltry sum of money.

Meaning

English

  1. paltry sum of money
  2. small change
  3. odd money
  4. pittance
  5. chicken feed

Reading

Kana

はしたがね

Romaji

hashitagane

Writing Variants

  • 端た金 はしたがね hashitagane
  • 端金 はしたがね hashitagane

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 104128 Priority Q

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

大金

たいきん

large amount of money

お金

おかね

money

かね

metal

入金

にゅうきん

receipt of money

年金

ねんきん

annuity

一時金

いちじきん

bonus

きん

Friday

小金

こがね

small sum of money

出金

しゅっきん

withdrawal (of money)

賃金

ちんぎん

rental payment

引き金

ひきがね

trigger (of a gun, etc.)

黄金

こがね

gold

Example Sentences

2

One hundred dollars is just chicken feed.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.