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貸金 (かしきん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Meanings 1
noun
loan ; money lent ; advance
Refers to money lent or advanced to someone, especially viewed from the lender's, business, accounting, or legal side. It contrasts with 借金, which is the borrower's debt.
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The company recorded the advance to the employee in its books.
Written forms 貸かし 金きん Usage 97%
Standard kanji spelling; common in financial, legal, and business contexts, including compounds such as 貸金業.
貸か し 金きん Usage 3%
Alternative spelling with okurigana; more visually transparent as 貸し＋金 but less prominent in the frequency/priority data.
Similar words 借しゃっ 金きん 借金 is money owed from the borrower's perspective; 貸金 is money lent from the lender's perspective.
融ゆう 資し 融資 means financing or lending funds, often by a bank or institution; 貸金 focuses on the money that has been lent.
ローン ローン is a loan product or borrowing arrangement in everyday and commercial contexts; 貸金 is more Sino-Japanese and often appears in business or legal wording.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound written with 貸, meaning to lend, and 金, meaning money. This is a transparent component explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.
