Word Meaning 洋銀

ようぎん yougin

洋銀 is read as ようぎん (yougin) and means silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods.

Meaning

English

silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods
German silver
nickel silver

Reading

Kana

ようぎん

Romaji

yougin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 131397 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

北洋銀行

ほくようぎんこう

North Pacific Bank

東洋信託銀行

とうようしんたくぎんこう

Toyo Trust and Banking Company, Limited

太平洋銀行

たいへいようぎんこう

(former) Pacific Bank (failed in 1996)

洋画

ようが

Western painting

洋服

ようふく

Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)

洋食

ようしょく

Japanized Western cuisine

洋間

ようま

Western-style room

洋風

ようふう

Western style

洋書

ようしょ

Western book

洋室

ようしつ

Western-style room

洋上

ようじょう

on the sea

洋

なだ

open sea