| 单词 | tempo-tsuho |
| 释义 | > as lemmastempo-tsuho An oval-shaped bronze coin of Japan, with a square hole in its centre, first minted in 1835. Occasionally in fuller form tempo-tsuho (lit. ‘current treasure of the Tempo’). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Japanese coins oban1614 ichibu1616 kobang1616 sen1727 tempo1860 rin1868 yen1874 1860 R. H. Dana Jrnl. 11 Apr. (1968) III. 1010 They have a copper coin, flat, of an oval shape..with a square hole in the middle. This is the tempo, sixteen tempo go to the ichibu, which makes it about two cents. 1875 Colburn's United Service Mag. Sept. iii. 11 You offer the boatman his fare—not a bit of it. ‘Pay Custom-House,’ he says; and flinging the honest fellow a few tempos, you hand over to the exchequer of Japan the sum of two-pence as you pass the office at the end of the quay. 1904 N. G. Munro Coins of Japan iv. 148 Ten-Ho Tsu-Ho (pronounced Tempo Tsuho). This coin was first made at Hashiba, Tokyo, or Yedo..by order of the Tokugawa government. 1917 Amer. Jrnl. Numismatics 1916 50 238/1 Tempo, an oblong bronze coin of Japan..of the value of one hundred Mon or Sen... Many Japanese coins and fanciful pieces are known as Tempo shaped. 1953 Jacobs & Vermeule Japanese Coinage ii. 90 The Kanei-tsuho, tempo-tsuho, and the bunkyo-eiho continued to circulate as a medium of exchange below the value of one sen, the value varying with the coin and metal, until close to the end of the nineteenth century. < as lemmas |
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