Word Meaning 銭失い

ぜにうしない zeniushinai

銭失い is read as ぜにうしない (zeniushinai) and means waste of money.

Meaning

English

  1. waste of money

Reading

Kana

ぜにうしない

Romaji

zeniushinai

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 86112 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

安物買いの銭失い

やすものがいのぜにうしない

you get what you pay for

銭遣い

ぜにづかい

(way of) spending money

銭湯

せんとう

public bath

せん

coin made of non-precious materials

銭金

ぜにかね

money

銭入れ

ぜにいれ

till

銭の取れる

ぜにのとれる

to be worth the money

銭貨学

せんかがく

numismatics

銭貨

せんか

coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

銭勘定

ぜにかんじょう

counting the revenues and expenditures

金銭に細かい

きんせんにこまかい

skimpy about money

金銭

きんせん

money

Example Sentences

1

Buy cheap and waste your money.