Expressions 天てん 与よ の 資し natural endowment; innate talent 資し を 投とう ずる invest money in; lay out money for 資し 格かく がない unqualified; lacking qualifications 資し 格かく のない unqualified; not qualified; lacking qualifications Kanji 資 assets, resources, capital Related words 資本 specifically means economic capital used to run a business, while 資 is a broader, more literary term for funds or resources that appears mainly in compounds.
資源 means concrete resources (natural, human, etc.), while 資 in this sense is a more abstract, literary word for material or basis.
資質 is the common word for someone's innate nature or aptitude, while 資 alone carries the same idea but is used mainly in literary or formal compounds.
資金 is the everyday word for money set aside for a specific purpose, whereas 資 alone is a formal, rarely standalone term for funds.
資料 refers to actual documents or data used as material for study, while 資 alone is a vaguer, more formal term for a basis or resource.
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resources
financing; loan
investment; financing; contribution of capital
goods; materials; supplies
materials; resources; supplies
nature; disposition; qualities
foreign capital; foreign investment
contribute to; be instrumental in; help bring about · finance; provide funds for
capital; principal
capital increase; increase of capital · issue of new shares; share issuance
school expenses; education fund
joint investment; partnership capital
financial resources; means; wealth
reduction of capital; capital reduction
capital stock; share capital; registered capital
recyclable waste; recyclable garbage
low-interest funds
labor and capital; workers and capitalists
innate nature; natural disposition
bride price; bride-wealth
large capital; enormous fund
relying on someone as one's teacher
short-term loan; short-term funds
brilliant qualities; fine character; British capital
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Etymology The kanji 資 originally relates to goods or property, and by extension came to mean resources, capital, or innate qualities. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the character is conventionally associated with these meanings.
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