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お手元金 (おてもときん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

お手て元もと金きん

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Meanings

1

privy purse; Imperial family private funds

Refers to money used for private purposes by members of the Japanese Imperial family. A formal, domain-specific term.

お手て元もと金きんは、皇こう室しつの私し的てきな支し出しゅつに充あて

られる

。

The privy purse is allocated for the private expenses of the Imperial family.

Kanji

手hand
元beginning, former time, origin
金gold

Built from

お手て元もと+金きん

Etymology

Compound of お手元 (o-temoto, 'at hand; personal') + 金 (kin, 'money'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is conventionally associated with the Imperial Household.