Japanese

Alternative forms

• 二足三文

Noun

二束三文 ‎(hiragana にそくさんもん, romaji nisokusanmon)

1. dirt cheap
   • 1906, Natsume Sōseki, Botchan:

     道具屋 (どうぐや)を呼 (よ)んで来 (き)て、先祖代々 (せんぞだいだい)の瓦落多 (がらくた)を二束三文 (にそくさんもん)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-bric which had been handed down from ages ago in our family.

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3