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銀 kanji
silver
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 14
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
ギン
Kun readings
しろがね
Words with 銀
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —銀流しsilvering; silvered item; person who is all style and no substance; poser
- —銀食器silverware; silver tableware
- —長信銀long-term credit bank; LTCB
- —輝銀鉱argentite; silver glance
- —臭化銀silver bromide
- —銀文字silver-gilt letters; silvery letters
- —日銀法Bank of Japan Act
- —自然銀native silver
- —紅銀鉱ruby silver ore
- —角銀鉱horn silver; chlorargyrite; cerargyrite
- —小玉銀Edo-period lump of silver used as currency
- —銀あんthin starchy sauce
- —銀湯鯉barred flagtail (Kuhlia mugil); five-bar flagtail
- —銀行法Banking Act; Bank of Japan Act
- —銀むつPatagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
- —銀古美antique silver finish
- —金銀銅gold, silver and bronze (medals)
- —仕付銀educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
- —銀皮症argyria; argyrosis
- —地方銀regional bank