烏からす金がね

noun

money lent at daily interest

Historical term for a high-interest loan where interest was calculated daily, often associated with Edo-period moneylending. The kanji 烏 (crow) may derive from the image of crows returning to their nests at dusk, suggesting the daily repayment cycle.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、烏からす金がねと呼よばれる日ひ歩ぶの高こう利り貸がしが存そん在ざいした。

  In the Edo period, there existed high-interest loans called karasugane, with daily interest.

• 「烏からす金がね」という言こと葉ばは、今いまでは歴れき史し資し料りょうでしか見みかけない。

  The word karasugane is now only seen in historical documents.