小こ遣づかい銭せん

noun

pocket money; allowance; spending money

Money for personal daily expenses, often given regularly to children or as a small personal budget. The reading こづかいぜに is an older, now rare variant.

• 毎まい月つき、子こ供どもに小こ遣づかい銭せんを渡わたしている。

  I give my child pocket money every month.

• 小こ遣づかい銭せんが足たりなくて、欲ほしい本ほんが買かえなかった。

  I didn't have enough spending money, so I couldn't buy the book I wanted.