Word Meaning 一銭

いっせん issen

一銭 is read as いっせん (issen) and means one sen.

Meaning

English

  1. one sen
  2. one-hundredth of a yen
  3. small amount of money

Reading

Kana

いっせん

Romaji

issen

Writing Variants

  • 1銭 いっせん issen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 48151 Priority H

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一文半銭

いちもんきなか

meagre sum of money

一文銭

いちもんせん

one-mon coin

一紙半銭

いっしはんせん

small sum

一応

いちおう

just in case

一生懸命

いっしょうけんめい

very hard

一致

いっち

union

一瞬

いっしゅん

instant

一握り

ひとにぎり

handful

一概に

いちがいに

unconditionally

一本釣り

いっぽんづり

fishing with a pole

一樹

いちじゅ

one tree

Example Sentences

2

いっせんもむだにしたくない。

I don't want to waste even a single cent.

むかしのいっせんはいまではほとんどみかけない。

The old one-sen coin is hardly ever seen now.