正しょう金きん

noun

cash; ready money; hard money

Refers to physical currency or money on hand, as opposed to credit or checks. Often used in financial or business contexts.

See also: 現金

• 取とり引ひきは正しょう金きんで行おこなうことになっている。

  Transactions are to be conducted in cash.

noun

specie; metallic currency

Historical term for gold and silver coins used as legal tender. Rare in modern usage outside historical or economic discussions.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だいには正しょう金きんが流りゅう通つうしていた。

  During the Meiji era, specie was in circulation.

noun

specie bank

Abbreviation of 正金銀行 (Specie Bank). Used only in historical references to the Yokohama Specie Bank.

See also: 正金銀行

• 「正しょう金きん」は横よこ浜はま正しょう金きん銀ぎん行こうの略りゃく称しょうとして使つかわれた。

  "Shōkin" was used as an abbreviation for the Yokohama Specie Bank.