Word Meaning

ぜに zeni

銭 is read as ぜに (zeni) and means coin made of non-precious materials.

Meaning

English

  1. coin made of non-precious materials
  2. money
  3. round coin with a (square) hole in the center

Reading

Kana

ぜに

Romaji

zeni

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 119301 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

銭湯

せんとう

public bath

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)

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

一文銭

いちもんせん

one-mon coin

皇朝十二銭

こうちょうじゅうにせん

twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods

六文銭

ろくもんせん

crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)

六道銭

ろくどうせん

six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)

一紙半銭

いっしはんせん

small sum

Example Sentences

9

さいふのなかにぜにがいちまいだけあった。

There was only one coin in my wallet.

むかしはぜにでかえるものもおおかった。

In the past, there were many things you could buy with small change.

かれはぜにのつかいかたにうるさい。

He is very particular about how money is spent.

いっせんもむだにしたくない。

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

そのこはおちていたぜにをひろった。

The child picked up a coin that had fallen.

ぜにがすべてではない。

Money isn't everything.

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.

ぜにばこにはこまかいぜにがたくさんはいっている。

The cash box contains a lot of small coins.

ぜにをかぞえてからみせをでた。

I counted my money before leaving the shop.