お金

Japanese edit

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お金

Etymology edit

Kanji in this term
金
かね Grade: 1
kun’yomi

お (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 金 (kane, “money”).

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) おかね [òkáné] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ka̠ne̞]

Noun edit

お金(かね) • (okane)

(honorific) money
お金(かね)をいくら持(も)っているか？
Okane o ikura motteiru ka?
How much money do you have?

Synonyms edit

金(かね) (kane) – Using the bare 金 is considered impolite to refer to one's money.

See also edit

現(げん)金(きん) (genkin)
キャッシュ (kyasshu)

References edit

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

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