匁もんめ

noun

monme (unit of weight, 3.75 g)

Only when written 匁

Traditional Japanese unit of weight, equal to 3.75 grams. Still used in some traditional contexts, such as weighing pearls or in historical references.

• この真しん珠じゅは五ご匁もんめあります。

  This pearl weighs five monme.

noun

monme (Edo-period silver coin)

Historical term for a silver coin used in the Edo period, worth between 1/50th and 1/80th of a ryō. Primarily encountered in historical texts or discussions of old currency.

See also: 両

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、一いち匁もんめの銀ぎん貨かが使つかわれていた。

  During the Edo period, one-monme silver coins were used.