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春宵一刻値千金

Reading

Kana: しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん
Romaji: shunshōikkokuataisenkin
Kana
Romaji

Definition

exp
1

a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold

Note: idiomatic expression
See also: 春宵一刻

Kanji

Readings: シュン、 はる
Meanings: springtime, spring (season)
Readings: ショウ、 よい
Meanings: wee hours, evening, early night
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: コク、 きざ.む、 きざ.み
Meanings: engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
Readings: チ、 ね、 あたい
Meanings: price, cost, value
Readings: セン、 ち
Meaning: thousand
Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね
Meaning: gold