Word Meaning

もんめ momme

匁 is read as もんめ (momme) and means monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g).

Meaning

English

  1. monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g)
  2. monme
  3. Edo-period silver coin worth between 1/50th and 1/80th of a ryō

Reading

Kana

もんめ

Romaji

momme

Writing Variants

  • 文目 もんめ momme

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 4 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 137124 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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百匁

ひゃくめ

375 grams (100 monme)

花一匁

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children's game in which two groups compete for members by playing janken

Example Sentences

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これはじゅうもんめあります。

This weighs ten monme.

いちもんめはさんてんななごぐらむです。

One monme is 3.75 grams.

えどじだいにはもんめがつかわれていました。

Monme was used during the Edo period.

ぎんをごもんめかいました。

I bought five monme of silver.

これはなんもんめですか。

How many monme is this?

いっかんはせんもんめにそうとうします。

One kan is equivalent to one thousand monme.

このこせんはにもんめのかちがあります。

This old coin is worth two monme.

しんじゅはいまでももんめではかられます。

Even now, pearls are measured in monme.

これをもんめではかってください。

Please weigh this in monme.