バンク

noun

bank; financial institution

Refers to a financial bank, especially in names and compounds such as ネットバンク and メガバンク. The ordinary native word for a bank is 銀行.

• ネットバンクで振ふり込こみをした。

  I made a bank transfer through an online bank.

• 彼かれはメガバンクに勤つとめている。

  He works for a major bank.

noun

river bank; embankment

A borrowed-terrain sense for the side or raised edge of a river or similar landform. In normal everyday Japanese, 川岸 or 土手 is usually more natural.

• この図ずでは、川かわ岸ぎしの斜しゃ面めんをバンクと表ひょう示じしている。

  In this diagram, the sloped riverbank is labeled as a bank.

noun

submarine bank; seabed elevation

Technical geographical or nautical use for a raised area of the seabed, often a shallow bank.

• 海かい図ずには浅あさいバンクが示しめされている。

  A shallow bank is marked on the nautical chart.

noun

banked curve; sloped bend

Used for a curve or track whose surface is tilted inward, especially in racing, cycling, and similar contexts.

• 競けい輪りん場じょうのバンクは傾けい斜しゃがきつい。

  The banked track at the velodrome has a steep slope.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

bank; tilt while turning

Aviation term for an aircraft tilting to one side while turning. As a する verb it is intransitive: 機体がバンクする.

• 機き体たいが左ひだりにバンクした。

  The aircraft banked to the left.