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一銭

Reading

Kana: いっせん
Romaji: issen
Kana
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Definition

1

one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: セン、 ゼン、 ぜに、 すき
Meanings: coin, .01 yen, money

Example Sentences

(わたし)には自分(じぶん)のお(かね)一銭(いっせん)もない。
➥I do not have a red cent to my name.
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(かれ)(ふる)(くるま)じゃ、一銭(いっせん)にもならないよ。
➥His old clunker isn't worth anything.
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(せん)たりともむだにしないのが(かれ)信条(しんじょう)だ。
➥He makes a religion of never wasting a penny.
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(かね)はほとんど(いち)(せん)(のこ)っていない。
➥I have hardly any money left.
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(かれ)一銭(いっせん)ももらえずその()()らしだった。
➥He lives from hand to mouth without saving a penny.
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ポケットには一銭(いっせん)(のこ)っていないのがわかった。
➥I found no money left in my pocket.
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