金きん庫こ

noun

safe; strongbox; vault

The common everyday meaning: a lockable container or room for storing money, valuables, or important documents.

• 通つう帳ちょうと印いん鑑かんを金きん庫こにしまった。

  I put the bankbook and seal in the safe.

• 銀ぎん行こうの地ち下かに大おおきな金きん庫こがある。

  There is a large vault in the basement of the bank.

noun

treasury; cash office; depository

Institutional or administrative use for a place, office, or organization that receives, keeps, and pays out money. It is also common inside financial-institution names such as 信用金庫.

• 古ふるい規き程ていでは、「金きん庫こ」は現げん金きんの出すい納とうと保ほ管かんを扱あつかう部ぶ署しょを指さす。

  In the old regulations, 金庫 refers to the department that handles the receipt, payment, and custody of cash.

• 地じ元もとの信しん用よう金きん庫こで住じゅう宅たくローンを相そう談だんした。

  I consulted about a home loan at a local credit union.

noun

financial backer; source of funds

Metaphorical and relatively uncommon: a person or group treated as the purse or funding source for an organization, party, or activity.

• その実じつ業ぎょう家かは、選せん挙きょ陣じん営えいの金きん庫こと見みられていた。

  The businessman was seen as the campaign's source of funds.