► 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:
- 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
- 小銭を恵んでくれませんか？ ⇨ Could you spare me some change?
- 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
- 掃除機が小銭を吸い込んでしまった ⇨ The vacuum cleaner sucked in coins
- 悪銭身に付かず ⇨ Bad money won’t stay with you. Easy come easy go
- 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
- 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
- 昔は銭湯が沢山有った ⇨ There used to be a lot of public bathhouses
- これを小銭に崩してもらえますか？ ⇨ Can you break this into smaller changes?
- 政治家は違法に金銭を受領していた ⇨ The politician would receive money illegally
- 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
- 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
- 金銭的な被害は大した事がなかった ⇨ The monetary damage was not significant
- 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