小 銭(こぜに)

こぜに

noun

coins, small change

1. coins, small change

Low-denomination currency; loose coins.

小銭(こぜに)がないので払(はら)えない。

I can't pay because I don't have any change.

財布(さいふ)に小銭(こぜに)がたまっている。

Coins have accumulated in my wallet.

小銭(こぜに)を両替(りょうがえ)してください。

Please give me change for this (bill).

小銭(こぜに) refers to coins or small change.

COMMON PATTERNS:

小銭(こぜに)がある/ない (to have/not have change)
小銭(こぜに)を持(も)つ (to carry change)
小銭(こぜに)を出(だ)す (to take out coins)
小銭(こぜに)がたまる (coins accumulate)

SIMILAR WORDS:

小銭(こぜに): coins, small change (casual)
硬貨(こうか): coins (formal/technical)
おつり: change (what you receive back)

USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:

小銭(こぜに)入(い)れ (coin purse)
小銭(こぜに)を崩(くず)す (to break a bill into coins)

Related Words

Related: 硬貨(こうか) (coins (formal))

Contrast: 札(さつ) (bills, banknotes)

Related: お釣り (change received)

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Added 2026.1.11 16:55 · Revised 2026.5.22 22:24

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