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momme
[ mom-ee ]
/ ˈmɒm i /
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noun, plural mom·me.
a Japanese unit of weight equal to 3.75 grams.
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Origin of momme
1720–30; <Japanese, equivalent to mon- letter (<Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese wén) + -me(y) eye (earlier *mai)
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How to use momme in a sentence
Persimmons of a hundred momme (375 grammes) each; twenty cartloads for the profit of the house at the fall of the year.
The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari|James S. De BennevilleThe average weight of Japanese is recorded as 13 kwan 830 momme.
The Foundations of Japan|J.W. Robertson Scott