momme
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of momme
1720–30; < Japanese, equivalent to mon- letter (< Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese wén ) + -me ( y ) eye (earlier *mai )
Example Sentences
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When the tenth part of a momme is divided again into ten parts it is counted as ichirin, nirin, sarin, iorin, gorin, rocurin, xichirin, fachirin, and curin.
From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.
Fiacu me means 'one hundred momme,' fiacu ichi momme 'one hundred and one,' icquan me means 'one thousand momme,' jicquanme means 'ten thousand.'
From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.
Anyone violating this rule was fined ten momme of silver for each koku of rice purchased or sold by him.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
The average weight of Japanese is recorded as 13 kwan 830 momme.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson
Ni momme suru 'I consider it worth two momme,' or ni momme ni iasui 'I can sell this for more than two momme, or at two momme this is cheap.'
From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.
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