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匁: monme (old weight, 3.75 g)
monme (old weight, 3.75 g)
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Kunもんめ・め
A kokuji for the old weight unit monme (about 3.75 g); also in the children's game 花一匁 (はないちもんめ).
Key words
匁もんめmonme (3.75 g)
百匁ひゃくもんめ100 monme (about 375 g)
花一匁はないちもんめchildren's singing game
Example sentences
昔の人は、お茶の重さを匁で量っていた。
People in the past measured the weight of tea in monme.
肉屋さんで、牛肉を百匁ください、と頼んだ。
At the butcher's, I asked for a hundred monme of beef.
子どものころ、公園で友だちと「花一匁」をして遊んだ。
As a child, I played the game 'Hana Ichimonme' with friends in the park.