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工銭 (こうせん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

工こう銭せん

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Meanings

1

labor charge; wages; pay

dated term

Dated term for payment for work or services, similar to 賃金 or 工賃. Now mostly replaced by 工賃 or 賃金 in modern usage.

昔むかしの帳ちょう簿ぼには工こう銭せんとして記き録ろくされて

Kanji

工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
銭coin, .01 yen, money

Related words

工こう賃ちん
Modern equivalent for labor charge or processing fee, more common than 工銭.
賃ちん金ぎん
General term for wages, more widely used than the dated 工銭.

Etymology

Compound of 工 (work, craft) and 銭 (money, coin). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern for terms related to payment for labor.

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In old account books, it is recorded as a labor charge.

この工こう銭せんでは生せい活かつが苦くるしいと職しょく人にんたちは訴うったえた。

The craftsmen complained that they couldn't make a living on these wages.