Tanoshii Japanese

彼のビジネスプランは立派だけど、勘定あって銭足らず、という気もするけどね。

His business plan looks good on paper but I get the feeling it would never work in practice.

銭厘を大切にすれば大金はおのずとたまる。

Take care of the pence, and the pounds will take care of themselves.

もし彼のすすめに従っていたら、会社に一銭もなくなっていたかもしれません。

The firm might have lost all its money if it had taken his advice.

お金はほとんど一銭も残っていない。

I have hardly any money left.

１銭たりともむだにしないのが彼の信条だ。

He makes a religion of never wasting a penny.

手紙に貼る三銭切手が買えないで、幾日も床の間の上に置いてあるようになった。

I could not buy the 3 sen stamp to put on the letter, so it ended up staying for many days on top of the tokonoma.

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