Illustration: At the family dining table, a parent places a few coins into a school-age child's open palm. The child has brought a small clasp purse and sits upright with exaggerated seriousness, treating the modest handover like important family business.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

小こ遣づかい

kozukai

allowance, pocket money

Example sentences

  1. 今月こんげつのお小遣こづかいもう全部使ぜんぶつかっちゃった。

    I’ve already spent all my pocket money for this month.

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  2. 私わたしは小遣こづかいが不足ふそくしている。

    I am short of pocket money.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 小遣こづかいの増額ぞうがくを父ちちに掛かけ合あった。

    I approached my father about an increase in allowance.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 小遣

  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
  • 遣dispatch; despatchOnケンKunつかう・つかわす・やる

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