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

See also

References
  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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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