ぜに

Japanese
Alternative spelling
銭

Etymology

/sen/ → */zen/ → /zeni/

From Old Japanese, shifted from 銭 (sen),[1][2] itself from Middle Chinese 錢 (MC dzjen).

Pronunciation

Noun

ぜに • (zeni) 

  1. a round coin with a square hole in the middle
    Synonyms: 鵝眼 (gagan), 鵝目 (gamoku), 鳥目 (chōmoku)
  2. (by extension) money
    Synonyms: お足 (oashi), 金 (kane), 金銭 (kinsen), 要脚 (yōkyaku), 料足 (ryōsoku)
  3. (historical) in the Edo period, coins made from copper and iron, as opposed to those made of gold and silver
  4. a 家紋 (“family crest”) with various designs of round coins

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • ぜね (zene)
  • 銭(ぜに)入(い)れ (zenīre)
  • 銭(ぜに)占(うら), 銭(ぜに)卜(うら) (zeniura)
  • 銭(ぜに)売(う)り (zeniuri)
  • 銭(ぜに)買(か)い (zenikai)
  • 銭(ぜに)嵩(がさ) (zenigasa)
  • 銭(ぜに)形(がた) (zenigata)
  • 銭(ぜに)金(かね) (zenikane)
  • 銭(ぜに)叺(かま)す (zenikamasu)
  • 銭(ゼニ)亀(ガメ) (zenigame)
  • 銭(ぜに)切(き)り (zenikiri), 銭(ぜに)っ切(き)り (zenikkiri)
  • 銭(ぜに)首(くび) (zenikubi)
  • 銭(ぜに)車(ぐるま) (zeniguruma)
  • 銭(ぜに)こ (zeniko), 銭(ぜん)こ (zenko)
  • 銭(ぜに)茣蓙(ござ) (zenigoza)
  • 銭(ぜに)独楽(ごま) (zenigoma)
  • 銭(ぜに)差(さし), 銭(ぜに)緡(さし), 繦(ぜにさし) (zenisashi)
  • 銭(ぜに)尽(づ)く (zenizuku)
  • 銭(ぜに)貫(つら) (zenitsura)
  • 銭(ぜに)縄(なわ) (zeninawa)
  • 銭(ぜに)股(また) (zenimata)
  • 銭(ぜに)店(みせ), 銭(ぜに)見世(みせ) (zenimise)
  • 銭(ぜに)持(も)ち (zenimochi)
  • 銭(ぜに)貰(もら)い (zenimorai)
  • 銭(ぜに)屋(や) (zeniya)
  • 銭(ぜに)両(りょう)替(がえ) (zeni ryōgae)
  • 編(あ)み笠(がさ)銭(ぜに) (amigasa zeni)
  • 荒(あら)銭(ぜに) (arazeni)
  • 置(お)き銭(ぜに) (okizeni)
  • 替(かえ)銭(ぜに), 替(か)え銭(ぜに) (kaezeni)
  • 欠(か)け銭(ぜに) (kakezeni)
  • 掛(かけ)銭(ぜに), 掛(か)け銭(ぜに) (kakezeni)
  • 切(きり)銭(ぜに) (kirizeni)
  • 九(く)六(ろく)銭(ぜに) (kuroku-zeni)
  • 駒(こま)牽(ひ)き銭(ぜに) (komahiki zeni)
  • 先(さき)銭(ぜに), 前(さき)銭(ぜに) (sakizeni)
  • 下(さ)げ銭(ぜに), 提(さ)げ銭(ぜに) (sagezeni)
  • 四文(しもん)銭(ぜに) (shimon zeni)
  • 土(つち)銭(ぜに) (tsuchizeni)
  • 包(つつ)み銭(ぜに) (tsutsumizeni)
  • 繋(つな)ぎ銭(ぜに) (tsunagizeni)
  • 撮(つま)み銭(ぜに) (tsumamizeni)
  • 泥(どろ)銭(ぜに) (dorozeni)
  • 貫(ぬ)き銭(ぜに) (nukizeni)
  • 百(ひゃく)銭(ぜに) (hyakuzeni)
  • 乱(みだ)し銭(ぜに) (midashizeni)
  • 割(わ)れ銭(ぜに), 破(わ)れ銭(ぜに) (warezeni)

Proper noun

ぜに • (Zeni) 

  1. 銭: a surname

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō
  4. Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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