コバン
Meanings
Noun
1. koban; small oval gold coin used in the Edo period
Adjective (の)
Noun
2. oval; elliptical; oblong
Noun
3. small size (of paper)
Pitch accent
バン
バン
Composed of
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
size (of paper or books)
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
casting pearls before swine; (lit.) (giving) a gold coin to a cat
oval; elliptical; oblong
hōei koban; koban coined during the Hōei period
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; (lit.) catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes