金きん

noun

gold (color)

The color gold; often used in compounds like 金色 (きんいろ).

See also: 金色

• 金きんのネクタイをしめてパーティーに行いった。

  He wore a gold tie to the party.

noun

gold medal; first place

Used in sports and competitions; often as 金メダル or simply 金.

• 彼かれはオリンピックで金きんを取とった。

  He won the gold at the Olympics.

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

something precious; golden (figurative)

Metaphorical use for something highly valuable or ideal, as in 金の卵 or 金のくびき.

• 沈ちん黙もくは金きん。

  Silence is golden.

noun

money; gold coin

Older or literary term for money; in modern Japanese お金 is more common.

• 昔むかしは金きんを貨か幣へいとして使つかった。

  In the past, gold was used as currency.

noun

sum of money

Used before an amount, e.g., 金100万円. Formal or written style.

• 金きん100ひゃく万まん円えん也なり。

  The sum of one million yen.

noun

Friday

Abbreviation of 金曜日 (きんようび). Common in schedules and casual writing.

See also: 金曜

• 次つぎの会かい議ぎは金きんの午ご後ごです。

  The next meeting is on Friday afternoon.

noun, counter

karat; carat

Measure of gold purity; 24金 is 24-karat gold. Also used for gem weight.

• このネックレスは18金きんです。

  This necklace is 18-karat gold.

noun

metal (Wu Xing)

One of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; associated with autumn, west, and the planet Venus.

See also: 五行

• 五ご行ぎょうでは、金きんは秋あきを象しょう徴ちょうする。

  In Wu Xing, metal symbolizes autumn.

noun

Jin dynasty (1115-1234)

Historical Chinese dynasty founded by the Jurchen people.

• 金きんは中ちゅう国ごく北ほく部ぶを支し配はいした王おう朝ちょうの一ひとつだ。

  The Jin was one of the dynasties that ruled northern China.

noun

gold general (shogi)

Abbreviation of 金将 (きんしょう). A piece in shogi that moves one step in any direction except diagonally backward.

See also: 金将

• 金きんを守まもりに使つかう。

  Use the gold general for defense.

noun

testicles (slang)

Colloquial abbreviation of 金玉 (きんたま). Vulgar; used mainly in male speech.

See also: 金玉

• サッカーボールが金きんに当あたって悶もん絶ぜつした。

  The soccer ball hit his balls and he doubled over in pain.