金持ち

金持ち

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	持
かね Grade: 1	も Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 金 (kane, “money”) +‎ 持ち (mochi, “having, holding”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) かねも​ち [kànémóꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ne̞mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

金持ち (hiragana かねもち, rōmaji kanemochi)

1. a wealthy person

References

1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9