洋よう銀ぎん

noun

nickel silver; German silver

An alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc, resembling silver; used for tableware, ornaments, and coins.

• 洋よう銀ぎんは銀ぎんに似にているが、実じっ際さいには銀ぎんを含ふくまない合ごう金きんだ。

  Nickel silver resembles silver, but it is actually an alloy that contains no silver.

noun

imported silver coins (late Edo/early Meiji)

Historical term for silver coins brought into Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods.

• 幕ばく末まつから明めい治じ初しょ期きにかけて、洋よう銀ぎんと呼よばれる外がい国こく製せいの銀ぎん貨かが日本にほんで流りゅう通つうした。

  From the late Edo period to the early Meiji period, foreign-made silver coins called 洋銀 circulated in Japan.