二束三文

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	束	三	文
に Grade: 1	そく Grade: 4	さん Grade: 1	もん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative forms

• 二足三文

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にそくさ​んもん [nìsókúsáꜜǹmòǹ] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iso̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsã̠mːõ̞ɴ]

Noun

二(に)束(そく)三(さん)文(もん) • (nisokusanmon) 

1. dirt cheap
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan‎^[1]:

     道(どう)具(ぐ)屋(や)を呼(よ)んで来(き)て、先(せん)祖(ぞ)代(だい)々(だい)の瓦(が)落(らく)多(た)を二(に)束(そく)三(さん)文(もん)に売(う)った。

     Dōguya o yonde kite, senzodaidai no garakuta o nisokusanmon ni utta.

     He sent for a second-hand dealer and sold for a song all the bric-a-brac which had been handed down from ages ago in our family.