厘りん

numeric

one-hundredth; 0.3 mm; 0.1 percent; 0.0375 g

Traditional Japanese unit meaning one-hundredth of a base unit. Used for length (0.3 mm, 1/100 of a 寸), percentage (0.1%, 1/100 of a 割), and weight (0.0375 g, 1/100 of a 匁). Mostly historical or technical.

• 昔むかしの長ながさの単たん位いで、1寸すんは100厘りんです。

  In old length units, 1 sun is 100 rin.

• この金きんの重おもさは3厘りんほどしかない。

  This gold weighs only about 3 rin.

noun

rin (monetary unit); 0.001 yen

Historical monetary unit, one-thousandth of a yen. No longer in circulation; used in historical or accounting contexts.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいには1厘りん硬こう貨かが発はっ行こうされていた。

  In the Meiji period, 1-rin coins were issued.