► 名詞
銭 [(1)ぜに] [coll] meaning: money rank: 3
☆ リサイクルは銭にならない ⇨ Recycling won’t make money (☛ An old expression. Only used in period dramas, or for a dramatic effect)
More examples:
- 小銭持ってる? ⇨ Do you have small change?
 - インターネット上で巧妙な手口を使って金銭を騙し取る犯罪が増えている ⇨ Crimes of defrauding money using deceptive methods have been increasing on internet
 - 誰かが小銭をくすねた ⇨ Someone pilfered changes
 - ああいう守銭奴にはなりたくない ⇨ I don’t want to be money-obsessed like that
 - 金銭的な被害は大した事がなかった ⇨ The monetary damage was not significant
 - 彼女は大金持ちの出身なので金銭感覚が普通の人と違う ⇨ She is from a very rich family, so her sense of money is different from that of the average people
 - 業者と役人の間に金銭の受け渡しがあった ⇨ There was a handover of money between the contractor and the official
 - 彼の金銭感覚にはついていけない ⇨ I cannot keep up with his ideas of (how to spend) money
 - 政治家は違法に金銭を受領していた ⇨ The politician would receive money illegally
 - 政治家と業者の間で金銭の授受が有った ⇨ There was an exchange of money between the politician and contractor
 - これを小銭に崩してもらえますか? ⇨ Can you break this into smaller changes?
 - 小銭を恵んでくれませんか? ⇨ Could you spare me some change?
 - 役人と業者の間で金銭の授受があった ⇨ There were exchanges of money between the official and the contractor
 - 小銭はいざ必要な時に限って見つからない ⇨ You cannot find small changes when you really need them
 - 悪銭身に付かず ⇨ Bad money won’t stay with you. Easy come, easy go