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金 kanji
gold
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
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On readings
キンコンゴン
Kun readings
かねかな--がね
Words with 金
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —日本弁護士国民年金基金Japan Attorneys Pension Fund
- —千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ずto rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox
- —社会保険診療報酬支払基金Social Insurance Medical Fee Payment Fund
- —中小企業退職金共済事業団Smaller Enterprise Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid Corporation
- —金玉が上がったり下がったりbeing held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down
- —中流に舟を失えば一壺も千金any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune
- —全国厚生年金受給者団体連合会National Federation of Employees' Pensioners' Associations
- —金橘kumquat; cumquat
- —金將gold general
- —金盃gold cup; gilded cup; goblet
- —掛金installment; instalment; premium; bill
- —千金1000 pounds; 1000 kan; 1000 yen; 1000 pieces of gold; great weight; pricelessness
- —鈑金sheet metal; metal plate
- —金蝿greenbottle fly (esp. species Lucilia caesar)
- —賭金stakes; bet
- —醵金subscription; contribution
- —闇金black-market lending; illegal loan
- —金眼golden eyes (of a cat, etc.); splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens)
- —華金Friday (when one feels excited about the weekend)
- —金蛍Hotaria parvula (species of firefly)