硬こう貨か

noun

coin

The ordinary everyday meaning: metal money, as opposed to bills or banknotes.

• 自じ動どう販はん売ばい機きに硬こう貨かを入いれた。

  I put coins into the vending machine.

• 財さい布ふの中なかに百ひゃく円えん硬こう貨かが三さん枚まいある。

  There are three 100-yen coins in my wallet.

noun

hard currency

Specialized economic or financial use, contrasting with 軟貨; much less common than the everyday sense 'coin.'

See also: 軟貨

• 専せん門もん用よう語ごとしての「硬こう貨か」は、軟なん貨かに対たいする「hard currency」を指さすことがある。

  As a technical term, 硬貨 can refer to 'hard currency' as opposed to soft currency.