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小遣い (こづかい) — pocket money | JLPT N2 · Nihongo Circle

小遣い

こづかい

nounabbreviation

Meanings

1pocket money
2allowance
3spending money
4pin money

Example sentence

小遣いの増額を父に掛け合った。

I approached my father about an increase in allowance.

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Kanji in this word

小Little, Small3 strokes 遣Dispatch, Despatch, Send13 strokes

More words with 小

小売こうり · retailN1 小切手こぎって · chequeN1 小売価格こうりかかく · retail price 小児科しょうにか · pediatricsN1 縮小しゅくしょう · reductionN2

Full entry on Jisho

小学生しょうがくせい · elementary school pupilN2

小数しょうすう · fraction (part of)N2

小柄こがら · smallN1

More words with 遣

仮名遣いかなづかい · kana orthographyN2 言葉遣いことばづかい · speechN2 ～遣い～づかい · use of ~N2 気遣いきづかい · consideration 先遣せんけん · sending ahead 遣り甲斐やりがい · value in doing something お小遣いおこづかい · pocket money 派遣はけん · dispatchN1

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