rin
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A small Japanese coin once used as money worth one thousandth of a yen
- noun
- /rɪn/
- Archaic
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rin
- In the early 20th century, a single rin could buy a small piece of candy.
Examples
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The price was so low that it only cost one rin to send a postcard.
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Collectors sometimes search for rare rin coins at antique markets in Japan.
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I found a rin on the ground.
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How many rins do you have?
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In the early 20th century, a single rin could buy a small piece of candy.
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Collectors sometimes search for rare rin coins at antique markets in Japan.
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The price was so low that it only cost one rin to send a postcard.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rin comes from the Japanese character 厘, which means 'one-thousandth' and comes from an old Chinese word lí with the same meaning. That's why a rin was a very small coin worth one-thousandth of a yen, and you can remember it like the English prefix milli- in 'millimetre'.