税 (ぜい) — tax
税
tax
Frequency #552
Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common.
Grade 5
1 character
noun
suffix
zei
ぜい
Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low.
ぜい[1] atamadaka 頭高
Synth audio is approximate — the diagram is the canonical reference.
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Meanings
- tax
Explained in simple Japanese
- くにや 町に みんなが はらう お金。
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Usage examples
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各地で物を作り、税を納めた人も支えました。
Kakuchi de mono o tsukuri, zei o osameta hito mo sasaemashita.
People in other regions who made goods and paid taxes supported it too.
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