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現金自動預払機 (げんきんじどうあずけばらいき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

現げん金きん自じ動どう預あずけ払ばらい機き

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Meanings

1

ATM; automatic teller machine

Formal term for an ATM; in everyday conversation, the abbreviation エーティーエム or the loanword キャッシュコーナー are more common.

駅えき前まえに現げん金きん自じ動どう預

あずけ

払ばらい

機き

が

ある

。

There is an ATM in front of the station.

現げん金きん自じ動どう預あずけ払ばらい機きでお金かねを下おろした。

I withdrew money at the ATM.

Kanji

現present, existing, actual
金gold
自oneself
動move, motion, change
預deposit, custody, leave with
払pay, clear out, prune
機loom, mechanism, machine

Related words

ＡＴＭ
現金自動預け払い機 is the full, formal Japanese term for an ATM, while ＡＴＭ is the everyday abbreviation almost everyone uses instead.

Written forms

現げん金きん自じ動どう預あずけ払ばらい機き
Standard kanji form; the most common full-length term for ATM.
現げん金きん自じ動どう預あずけ払ばらい機き
Alternate kanji form with 預け払い instead of 預払; less common but still seen.

Etymology

Compound of 現金 (cash), 自動 (automatic), 預け (deposit), 払い (withdrawal), and 機 (machine).