せん
Meanings
Noun
1. sen (hundredth of a yen)
2. coin made of non-precious materials
3. one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency)
4. one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
Kanji used
coin
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (44 in total)
money; cash
monetary offering; offertory
change (for a purchase)
copper coin
tossing a coin (to a street performer or beggar); tossed coin; (online) tipping; tip; donation
change (for a purchase)
monetary offering; offertory
change (for a purchase)
gate money; admission fee
without money; no need for money
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
coin of the smallest value; poorly-minted coin
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
ill-gotten money; bad coin
crest of the Sanada clan (featuring six sen coins, trad. to pay for crossing the Sanzu River)
fee for public bath
commission; brokerage
silver coin
small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift
hotel charges
six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu)
fee charged by a gambling house; house cut; banker's fee
coins; small change
perforated coin
coins; small change
large bathhouse with many different services; deluxe public bath
rice and money; money to purchase rice
knife money; bronze coin of ancient China, shaped like an opened straight razor
commission; brokerage; wages; fee for a prostitute or geisha
coins; small change
tobacco money; money to buy a pack of cigarettes
bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
perforated coin
commission; brokerage; wages; fee for a prostitute or geisha
toy coin (Edo period)
tobacco money; money to buy a pack of cigarettes
rectangular figures
pillow money; pillow tip; tip left by the pillow for the room maid