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資産 (しさん, shisan) Japanese meaning: assets | Kotomora
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The company's total assets increased.
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Usage patterns 資し 産さん を 運うん 用よう する to manage/invest one's assets
He manages his assets skillfully.
資し 産さん を 築きず く to build up one's assets/wealth
She built up her wealth while still young.
資し 産さん を 保ほ 有ゆう する to hold/possess assets
This company holds a large amount of assets.
資し 産さん が 増ふ える ／ 減へ る assets increase / decrease
His assets increased due to the rise in stock prices.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 資し 産さん を 凍とう 結けつ する to freeze someone's assets
The government froze that person's assets.
Kanji 資 assets, resources, capital 産 products, bear, give birth Related words 財産 is the broader term for property or estate, often used in legal or inheritance contexts, while 資産 emphasizes financial or economic assets like investments and holdings.
資産 is a formal financial term for assets that can be itemized, whereas 富 evokes wealth as a general, often intangible abundance.
資産 is a formal financial term for assets such as securities or real estate, while 家財 in this sense means the total wealth or fortune belonging to a family.
資産 is the standard modern term for financial or physical assets, while 財 is a formal, often literary word used mainly in compounds.
Opposites 負債 means 'liabilities' or 'debt', the direct accounting opposite of 資産 (assets).
資産 (assets) is the accounting opposite of ライアビリティー (liabilities) on a balance sheet.
Don't confuse with 資本 means 'capital' — the funds or investment used to generate wealth — whereas 資産 refers to the assets themselves that are owned.
資産 (assets/property) looks similar to 資材 (materials/supplies) but refers to financial or owned wealth, not physical construction supplies.
資産 means a company's or person's overall assets, while 資本金 refers only to the registered capital stock, a specific accounting figure.
Etymology Compound of 資 (resources, capital) and 産 (property, produce). The combination has been used since at least the Meiji era to translate Western economic concepts of 'assets'.
資し 源げん
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資産 means "assets" or "property" (financial wealth), whereas 資源 means "resources" (materials, energy, or human capital); the shared 資 kanji leads learners to mix them up.
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nonperforming asset; bad asset; toxic asset
personal asset; private property
depreciable assets; depreciation assets
joint resource; shared resource
frozen assets
