お金

Japanese

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

お金 (hiragana おかね, rōmaji 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

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

See also

現 (げん)金 (きん) (genkin)
キャッシュ (kyasshu)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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