額

Meaning

額 centers on a flat, prominent surface: the forehead as a facial landmark, and by extension a flat inscribed tablet, plaque, or framed picture. The sum/amount sense comes from the idea of a fixed figure displayed on a surface.

• 額がく
  N3

  (picture) frame; framed picture

• 額ひたい
  N3

  forehead; brow

• 金額きんがく
  N4

  amount of money; sum

• 高額こうがく

  large sum (of money); large amount

• 半額はんがく
  N3

  half the amount (of money); half price; half fare

• 総額そうがく

  total amount (of money); total sum; sum total

• 全額ぜんがく

  total; full amount; sum

• 月額げつがく

  monthly sum; monthly amount

• 多額たがく

  large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive

• 定額ていがく

  fixed amount (of money); fixed sum; flat sum

• 巨額きょがく

  huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount

• 減額げんがく

  reduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution; abatement

• 差額さがく
  N1

  balance; difference (in price, cost); margin

• 増額ぞうがく

  increase (in an amount of money)

• 額面がくめん

  face value; par

• 少額しょうがく

  small sum (of money); small amount

• 同額どうがく

  the same amount

• 額縁がくぶち

  (picture) frame

• 税額ぜいがく

  amount of tax

• 価額かがく

  valuation; amount

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