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掛け金 (かけきん, kakekin) Japanese meaning: premium | Kotomora
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口こう
座ざ
から
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The life insurance premium is withdrawn from my account every month.
Installments for this savings product start at ten thousand yen per month.
The bill for this month's premium arrived.
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 払はら う to pay a premium/installment
I pay my life insurance premium every month.
〈 物もの 〉 が 高たか い ／ 安やす い for a premium/installment to be high or low
The premium goes up as you get older.
〈 物もの 〉 を 集あつ める to collect premiums/contributions
The association collects contributions from its members.
Related words 保険料 specifically means an insurance premium, while 掛け金 more broadly covers premiums, installments, or contributions in insurance, mutual-aid, and savings plans.
積立金 refers to money accumulated through regular savings contributions, whereas 掛け金 is the recurring payment itself made into such a plan.
Written forms 掛か け 金きん Usage 29%
Standard spelling with okurigana; this is the high-priority form.
掛かけ 金きん Usage 71%
No-okurigana variant, often seen in financial, administrative, or compact written contexts.
Etymology A compound of 掛け, associated with charges, accounts, or periodic obligations, and 金, meaning money. The exact historical development is not specified.
