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47 紙幣 Paper Money

Alternative Meanings

Notes, Bills

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

しへい

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentence

アメリカに行くと、お財布に紙幣がギッシリ入るのでお金持ちになった気がするんですよね。まあ、それは全部一ドル札なんですが。

Whenever I go to America I feel like I’m rich with all the money in my wallet. Though, they are all one dollar bills.

Meaning Explanation

Paper cash is paper money.

Reading Explanation

This word uses the on'yomi reading for 紙 even though you went through all that trouble to learn the kun'yomi reading. Did you know paper money is made of sheep (し)? Well, part sheep, but there's sheep in there for sure. That's why you can wash your paper money with your t-shirts in the washing machine.

Utilized Kanji

  • 紙
    • かみ
    • Paper
  • 幣
    • へい
    • Cash
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