場ば銭せん

noun

admission fee; entrance charge

Historical term for a fee paid to enter a theatre or similar venue.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、芝しば居い小屋ごやに入はいるには場ば銭せんを払はらう必ひつ要ようがあった。

  In the Edo period, you had to pay an admission fee to enter a playhouse.

noun

stall fee; market space charge

Historical term for a fee paid by merchants to set up a stall at an outdoor market.

• 市いちで商しょう売ばいをする商しょう人にんは、場ば銭せんを納おさめて場ば所しょを借かりた。

  Merchants doing business at the market paid a stall fee to rent a space.

noun

stake; bet

Historical term for money wagered in gambling.

• 博打ばくち打うちは、最さい後ごの場ば銭せんを賭かけに放ほうり込こんだ。

  The gambler threw his last stake into the bet.