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庶民金庫 (shominkinko) Japanese meaning: people's bank | Kotomora

庶しょ民みん金きん庫こ

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Meanings

1

people's bank

obsolete term

Obsolete term for a type of bank or financial institution aimed at the common people, used historically.

明めい治じ時じ代だいには庶しょ民みん金きん庫こという金きん融ゆう機

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関かん

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In the Meiji period, there existed financial institutions called people's banks.

Kanji

庶commoner, all, bastard
民people, nation, subjects
金gold
庫warehouse, storehouse

Built from

庶しょ民みん+金きん庫こ

Etymology

Compound of 庶民 (common people) and 金庫 (safe, vault, or financial institution). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in older records referring to a type of bank for the general populace.