紙し幣へい

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers specifically to money printed on paper or similar material, as opposed to coins. Common in formal, news, financial, and everyday contexts.

紙し幣へいを数かぞえるto count banknotes
銀ぎん行こう員いんが紙し幣へいを数かぞえている。
The bank clerk is counting the banknotes.
紙し幣へいを両りょう替がえするto exchange banknotes (for coins or foreign currency)
空くう港こうで紙し幣へいを両りょう替がえした。
I exchanged the banknotes at the airport.
紙し幣へいを発はっ行こうするto issue banknotes
日本にほん銀ぎん行こうは新あたらしい紙し幣へいを発はっ行こうした。
The Bank of Japan issued new banknotes.
紙し幣へいが偽ぎ造ぞうされるfor banknotes to be counterfeited
この国くにでは紙し幣へいが偽ぎ造ぞうされる事じ件けんが増ふえている。
Cases of counterfeit banknotes are increasing in this country.

お札さつ
お札 is the casual, everyday word for a banknote, while 紙幣 is the more neutral-to-formal term used in news and financial contexts.
通つう貨かN2
通貨 is a broader term covering all forms of money including coins, while 紙幣 refers specifically to paper banknotes.
千せん円えん札さつ
千円札 names one specific denomination of banknote, while 紙幣 is the general term for paper currency of any value.
札さつN3
紙幣 is the formal, official term for paper currency used in banking and legal contexts, while 札 is the everyday spoken word for a bill.

硬こう貨かN3
硬貨 means a coin, directly contrasting with 紙幣, which means paper money.
小こ銭ぜにN2
紙幣 refers to paper banknotes, the opposite form of currency from the coins meant by 小銭.
ばら
紙幣 refers to paper bills, in contrast to ばら, which refers to loose coins or small change.
コインN3
紙幣 refers to paper money, the opposite form of currency to a metal コイン.

札さつ束たば
紙幣 refers to individual paper banknotes, while 札束 refers to a bundle of many such notes stacked or bound together.

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

A Sino-Japanese compound: 紙 means paper, and 幣 is associated with currency or money-like offerings. The compound transparently means paper currency.