穴あき銭の英語

中国では唐銭以前にも穴あき銭はあったが、その空白期には布や米などを貨幣代わりに用いた。例文帳に追加

In China, holed coins had circulated in the market before Tosen coins (Chinese currency of the Tang dynasty) appeared, but, during the blank period without such currencies, it was cloth and rice that played the role as a bartering currency.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

当時の貨幣は小額通貨であり、穴あき銭ともいわれるように高額取引では束ねて用いることが多かった。例文帳に追加

Then-current coins were small in unit value and used mostly in bundles as they had square holes in the center and were called holed coins.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

江戸時代に穴あき銭を貫いて一つなぎしたものの「貫」から転じたという説、重さの単位「貫」から転じたという説などがある。例文帳に追加

There are also other theories such as deriving from 'kan' (貫 in Chinese characters meaning penetration) referring to a thing connected by penetrating through a perforated coin in the Edo period, deriving from 'kan' referring to a unit of weight (also described as 貫 in Chinese characters), and so on.発音を聞く  - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス