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銀位 (ぎんい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

銀ぎん位い

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Meanings

1

noun

silver quality

Refers to the quality or grade of silver, often in contexts like coinage, metal purity, or ranking.

この貨か幣へいの銀ぎん位いは高たかい。
The silver quality of this coin is high.

Kanji

銀silver
位rank, grade, throne

Etymology

Compound of 銀 (gin, 'silver') and 位 (i, 'rank, grade, quality'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of silver quality.