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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Refers to the metal gold, the color gold, or something gold-plated. Often used in compound words like ゴールドメダル (gold medal).

この時計とけいは18金きんのゴールドでできている。

This watch is made of 18-karat gold.

〈物もの〉はゴールドだ~ is gold(-colored)
このネックレスはゴールドだ。
This necklace is gold.
ゴールドに光ひかるto shine/gleam in gold
夕ゆう日ひが海うみをゴールドに光ひからせた。
The sunset made the sea gleam gold.

金きんN2
金 is the native Japanese word for the metal/color gold used in formal, chemical, or traditional contexts, while ゴールド is the loanword favored in commercial, decorative, or casual settings.
黄こ金がね
ゴールド is a modern loanword used casually for the metal or color gold, while 黄金 sounds more classical or formal.

シルバー
ゴールド refers to gold/gold-colored things while シルバー refers to silver/silver-colored things, the other common precious-metal color term.

金きんN2
Only when referring to gold purity (karat); ordinary ‘gold’ as a material is not counted with a native counter.

Borrowed from English 'gold'.

paper gold

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