Word Meaning 賽銭

さいせん saisen

賽銭 is read as さいせん (saisen) and means monetary offering.

Meaning

English

monetary offering
offertory

Reading

Kana

さいせん

Romaji

saisen

Writing Variants

さい銭 さいせん saisen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 31 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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賽銭箱

さいせんばこ

offertory box

賽銭泥棒

さいせんどろぼう

thief who steals money from the offerings box at a shrine or temple

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)

銭

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

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)

Example Sentences

はい、お賽銭・・・１０円ずつね。はい、美羽ちゃん。

OK, here's the donation ... 10 yen each. Here you go, Mihane.

「これは何？供物か？」「そうだよ、このお賽銭箱の中に入れて・・・この紐を引っ張るの」

"What is this? An offering?" "That's right. Put it in this offertory box ... and pull this rope."