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お金

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Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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お金(かね) • (okane) 

  1. (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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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