Illustration: At the low table in a Japanese family living room, a parent places a few coins into a child's open palm. The child holds a small clasp purse in the other hand and watches the money with delighted concentration.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

お小こ遣づかい

okozukai

allowance, pocket money

Example sentences

  1. 子供こどもにお小遣こづかいをあげてるよ。

    I give my children an allowance.

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  2. お小遣こづかいの無駄遣むだづかいはしないでよ。

    Don’t fritter away your allowance.

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  3. お小遣こづかいは無駄遣むだづかいしないでください。

    Don’t waste your pocket money.

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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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