Illustration: At a neighborhood greengrocer in Japan, a customer offers a banknote in a shallow payment tray while the shopkeeper counts out coins as change. The money is recognizable through banknote proportions, portrait decoration, and differently sized coins, including one with a central hole.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

通つう貨か

tsuuka

currency

Example sentences

欧州おうしゅう通貨つうかはドルに対たいして弱よわくなった。
European currencies weakened against the dollar.
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日本にっぽんの円えんは安定あんていした通貨つうかだ。
The Japanese yen is a stable currency.
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当局とうきょくは自国じこくの通貨つうかを何なんとか安定あんていさせた。
The authorities managed to stabilize the currency.
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Kanji in 通貨

通traffic; pass throughOnツウ・ツKunとおる・とおり・とおす
貨freight; goodsOnカKunたから

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