二束三文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	束	三	文
に Grade: 1	そく Grade: 4	さん Grade: 1	もん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

二足三文

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) にそくさんもん [nìsókúsáꜜǹmòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iso̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsã̠mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

二束三文 (hiragana にそくさんもん, rōmaji nisokusanmon)

dirt cheap
- 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎:
  :
  道 (どう)具 (ぐ)屋 (や)を呼 (よ)んで来 (き)て、先祖代々 (せんぞだいだい)の瓦落多 (がらくた)を二束三文 (にそくさんもん)に売 (う)った。
  Dōguya o yonde kite, senzodaidai no garakuta o nisokusanmon ni utta.
  he sent for a second-hand dealer and sold for a song all the bric-a-bric which had been handed down from ages ago in our family.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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