金離れ

金離れ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	離
かね Grade: 1	はな > ばな Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
金ばなれ

Etymology

Compound of 金(かね) (kane, “money”) + 離(はな)れ (hanare, “parting”). The hanare changes to banare as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) かねば​なれ [kànébáꜜnàrè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• (Tokyo) かねばなれ [kànébánáré] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠ne̞ba̠na̠ɾe̞]

Noun

金(かね)離(ばな)れ • (kanebanare) 

1. manner of spending money; way of parting with money

   金離(かねばな)れがいい

   kanebanare ga ii

   to be liberal with one's money

   金離(かねばな)れが悪(わる)い

   kanebanare ga warui

   to be stingy with one's money

   • 1939, 野村胡堂, 銭形平次捕物控 お篠姉妹‎, 青空文庫:

     あの五左衛門(ござえもん)は女癖(おんなぐせ)は悪(わる)いが、金離(かねばな)れがいいから、思(おも)いのほか町内(ちょうない)では評判(ひょうばん)のいい男(おとこ)だ。

     Ano Gozaemon wa onnaguse wa warui ga, kanebanare ga ii kara, omoi no hoka chōnai de wa hyōban no ii otoko da.

     Gozaemon was a philanderer, but he was liberal with his money, so he was more popular among the townspeople than you might think.