金かね

noun

money

Only with reading かね

Plain, direct word for money. In everyday polite or softer speech, お金 is usually preferred; bare 金 can sound blunt depending on context.

See also: お金

• 金かねが足たりなくて、切きっ符ぷが買かえなかった。

  I didn't have enough money, so I couldn't buy a ticket.

• この仕し事ごとは思おもったより金かねがかかる。

  This job costs more money than I expected.

noun

metal

Only with reading かね / かな

Native-word sense meaning metal in general. As a modern standalone noun, 金属 is much more usual; this sense is often encountered in older wording or in compound-like uses connected with metal.

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、金かねを「かね」と読よんで金きん属ぞく一いっ般ぱんを指さすことがある。

  In older writing, 金 read kane can refer to metals in general.

• 「金かな物もの」の金かねは、金きん属ぞくを表あらわす「かな」の読よみで使つかわれる。

  The 金 in 金物 uses the reading kana to indicate metal.