Word Meaning 寺銭

てらせん terasen

寺銭 is read as てらせん (terasen) and means fee charged by a gambling house.

Meaning

English

  1. fee charged by a gambling house
  2. house cut
  3. banker's fee

Reading

Kana

てらせん

Romaji

terasen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 112681 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

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寺請制度

てらうけせいど

terauke system

寺請

てらうけ

certification issued by a temple to prove affiliation

寺社仏閣

じしゃぶっかく

(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

寺から里へ

てらからさとへ

putting the cart before the horse

寺檀制度

じだんせいど

system used during the Edo period where commoners had to register with a temple in order to prove their Buddhist faith

金銭

きんせん

money

小銭

こぜに

small sum of money

釣り銭

つりせん

change (for a purchase)

せん

coin made of non-precious materials

日銭

ひぜに

daily income in cash

身銭

みぜに

one's own money

一文半銭

いちもんきなか

meagre sum of money