sen (1/100 yen)
Historical currency unit; 1 sen = 1/100 yen. No longer used in modern transactions, but appears in historical contexts and fixed expressions.
Before the war, you could buy cheap sweets for one sen.
He didn't have even a single sen on him.
coin of base metal
Refers to coins made of non-precious metals, as opposed to gold or silver coins. Often used in contrast with 金 (きん) or 銀 (ぎん).
See also: 銭 (ぜに)
Coins of this period are made of copper.
1/1000 kan (currency)
Obsolete currency unit: 1/1000 of a 貫 (kan). Used in the Edo period and earlier.
See also: 貫
In the Edo-period currency system, one kan was equivalent to 1000 sen.
1/1000 kan (mass)
Archaic unit of mass: 1/1000 of a 貫 (kan, approx. 3.75 kg). Extremely rare; primarily of historical interest.
In old documents, sen is sometimes used as a unit of mass.
Long ago you could buy an apple for fifty sen.
money; cash
public bath; bathhouse
monetary offering; offertory
tossing a coin; tossed coin · online tipping; tip; donation
miser; cheapskate; penny-pincher
without money; no need for money
one sen; one-hundredth of a yen; small amount of money
change (money returned after payment)
old coin; ancient coin
debt; borrowed money
knife money; ancient Chinese bronze coin shaped like a straight razor
remaining money; change
commission; brokerage fee
admission fee; entrance charge · stall fee; market space charge · stake; bet
lots of money; riches; wealth · rich person; wealthy person
Song dynasty copper coin
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
labor charge; wages; pay
bujian; spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China
Standard modern kanji form.
Outdated kanji form; not used in modern Japanese.
From Middle Chinese 錢 (dzjen, 'coin, money'). The reading せん is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.