お金

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)

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

• 現 (げん)金 (きん) (genkin)
• キャッシュ (kyasshu)

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