Illustration: At a neighborhood Japanese greengrocer, a customer places a banknote in a shallow payment tray while the shopkeeper counts several coins back into the customer's open hand. A paper bag of vegetables waits between them, clearly connecting the money to the exchange.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

貨か幣へい

kahei

money, currency

Example sentences

  1. この代用だいよう貨幣かへいでは、会社かいしゃの直営店ちょくえいてんに行いき、その店みせで食料品しょくりょうひんや衣料いりょうを買かうことしかできませんでした。

    With the token they could only go to the company shop and buy food or clothing from that shop.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 貨幣かへいは銀行制度ぎんこうせいどを通つうじて流通りゅうつうする。

    Money circulates through the banking system.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. そして、賃金ちんぎんとして得えた代用だいよう貨幣かへいはその店みせでしか使つかえませんでした。

    And the tokens he received as wages could only be spent at that shop.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 貨幣

  • 貨freight; goodsOnカKunたから
  • 幣cash; bad habitOnヘイKunぬさ

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