お釣(つ)り

おつり
noun
change (money)
1. change (money returned)
The money returned to you when you pay more than the price of something. The お is an honorific prefix that is typically included.
お釣(つ)りはいりません。
Keep the change.
Polite way to let someone keep the change
お釣(つ)りをください。
Please give me my change.
お釣(つ)りは500円(えん)です。
Your change is 500 yen.
1000円(えん)出(だ)したら、お釣(つ)りが300円(えん)でした。
When I paid with 1000 yen, the change was 300 yen.
お釣(つ)りをもらうのを忘(わす)れたので、店(みせ)に戻(もど)らなければなりませんでした。
I forgot to get my change, so I had to go back to the store.

お釣(つ)り is almost always used with the honorific お prefix.

COMMON EXPRESSIONS:

  • お釣(つ)りをもらう: to receive change
  • お釣(つ)りはいりません: keep the change
  • お釣(つ)りが出(で)る: change comes out (vending machines)
  • お釣(つ)りを間違(まちが)える: to give wrong change

AT STORES:

  • お釣(つ)りの確認(かくにん)をお願(ねが)いします: Please check your change
  • お釣(つ)りは○○円(えん)です: Your change is ○○ yen

RELATED TERMS:

  • 小銭(こぜに): coins, small change
  • 両替(りょうがえ): money exchange
  • 釣(つ)り銭(せん): change (formal)

With the rise of キャッシュレス決済(けっさい) (cashless payment), お釣(つ)り is becoming less common in daily transactions.

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Added 2026.1.7 21:32 · Revised 2026.2.19 11:46
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