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hiki

hiki noun: a copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon. Also the clipping of hikikomori.

Noun

hiki (plural hiki)

  1. (historical) A copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.
    • After enough money was at last found, the imperial family was so happy that in appreciation the shogunal official responsible for the release of the burial money—one thousand hiki (about $5,000)—was granted the coveted right to personally display the imperial crest of chrysanthemum and paulownia.1987, Jerrold M. Packard, Sons of Heaven: A Portrait of the Japanese Monarchy, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN, page 143
    • Sogi once donated one thousand hiki in cash (based on rice prices in 1984, some five thousand dollars) to the court for repairs to the Library of Official Documents (Kammu Bunko).1991, Jin’ichi Konishi, translated by Aileen Gatten and Mark Harbison, edited by Earl Miner, A History of Japanese Literature, volume 3 (The High Middle Ages), Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page...

Also used as

hiki is also the clipping of hikikomori.

Examples of hiki in a sentence

  • Five hundred hiki (the cost of five kegs of sake), six loads of charcoal, two baskets of oranges, and various dried foods.2002, Sōchō, translated by H. Mack Horton, The Journal of Sōchō, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 130:
  • Nakamura was hired that day for the large sum of one thousand hiki.⁷⁹ […] 79.2016, William J. Farge, A Christian Samurai: The Trials of Baba Bunkō, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, →ISBN...

Forms of hiki

pluralhiki
pluralhikis

Origin of hiki

From Japanese 疋 (hiki).

Questions about hiki

What does hiki mean?
Hiki means a copper coin used in Japan in the Sengoku period, equal to 10 mon.
How do you use hiki in a sentence?
Five hundred hiki (the cost of five kegs of sake), six loads of charcoal, two baskets of oranges, and various dried foods.
What part of speech is hiki?
Hiki is a noun.
What is the plural of hiki?
The plural of hiki is hiki.

Words near hiki in the dictionary

  1. hikers
  2. hikes
  3. hikes out
  4. hikes the Appalachian Trail
  5. hikes up
  6. hiki
  7. hikikomori
  8. hikikomoris
  9. hiking
  10. hiking boot
  11. hiking boots

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