現げん金きん自じ動どう預よ金きん支し払はらい機き

also: エーティーエム

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Meanings

noun

ATM; automatic teller machine

Formal full name for an ATM; in practice, the abbreviation ATM (エーティーエム) or 現金自動預け払い機 (CD/ATM) is far more common.

銀ぎん行こうの現げん金きん自じ動どう預よ金きん支し払はらい機きでお金かねを下おろした。
I withdrew money at the bank's automatic teller machine.
この現げん金きん自じ動どう預よ金きん支し払はらい機きは24時間にじゅう利用よじかんりようできます。
This ATM is available 24 hours a day.

Kanji

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

Related words

ATM
The standard everyday abbreviation; 現金自動預金支払機 is the full formal term rarely used in conversation.
現げん金きん自じ動どう預あずけ払ばらい機き
A slightly shorter formal term also used for ATMs; 現金自動預金支払機 is even more explicit about deposit and withdrawal.

Built from

現げん金きん+自じ動どう預よ金きん支し払はらい機き

Written forms

現げん金きん自じ動どう預よ金きん支し払はらい機き
Full formal term; rarely used in everyday speech, but appears in official contexts.
ATM
Common abbreviation used in everyday Japanese.

Etymology

Compound of 現金 (cash) + 自動 (automatic) + 預金 (deposit) + 支払 (payment) + 機 (machine). A direct descriptive term for an ATM.