小銭

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 小銭, read こぜに, combines small 小 with money 銭 to denote low-denomination coins or change.
• Basic usage: It denotes coins or small change, as in 自動販売機に入れる小銭.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Scope and context
  • It can include change received after breaking a note, but banknotes 紙幣 themselves are not normally called 小銭.