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法貨

Reading

Kana: ほうか
Romaji: houka
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Definition

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legal currency

Kanji

Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: カ、 たから
Meanings: freight, goods, property

Example Sentences

この法律(ほうりつ)(さだ)めたのは、法貨(ほうか)以外(いがい)での賃金(ちんぎん)支給(しきゅう)違法(いほう)だということです。
➥What these acts said was that it was illegal to pay someone in anything other than coin of the realm.
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通貨(つうか)、すなわち、当時(とうじ)だれもが(もち)いていた(いかた)()(したが)えば、通常(つうじょう)王国(おうこく)法貨(ほうか)(あた)える()わりに、(やと)(ぬし)従業員(じゅうぎょういん)代用(だいよう)貨幣(かへい)をあたえていました。そして、この代用(だいよう)貨幣(かへい)金属(きんぞく)だったり、()だったり、厚紙(あつがみ)だったりしました。
➥Instead of giving the money, that is the normal coin of the realm, which is the phrase that everyone used then, they would give them a token, and this token might be metal, might be wood, might be cardboard.
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