金きん銭せん

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Meanings

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

A somewhat formal or written term for money, often used in legal, economic, or official contexts. In casual speech, お金 is more common.

金きん銭せんの貸かし借かりはトラブルのもとになる。
Lending and borrowing money can lead to trouble.
彼かれは金きん銭せん感かん覚かくがしっかりしている。
He has a good sense of money.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉を金きん銭せんで解かい決けつするto settle a matter with money
その争あらそいは金きん銭せんで解かい決けつされた。
The dispute was settled with money.
金きん銭せんを要よう求きゅうするto demand money
犯はん人にんは被ひ害がい者しゃに金きん銭せんを要よう求きゅうした。
The criminal demanded money from the victim.
金きん銭せんのやり取とりをするto exchange money (with someone)
二人ふたりの間あいだで金きん銭せんのやり取とりがあったようだ。
It seems money changed hands between the two of them.
金きん銭せんに困こまるto be in financial trouble
彼かれは金きん銭せんに困こまって借しゃっ金きんをした。
He was short of money and took out a loan.

Kanji

金gold
銭coin, .01 yen, money

Related words· 8

お金かねN5
お金 is the common, everyday word for money used in daily conversation, while 金銭 is a more formal or written term used in legal, economic, or official contexts.
現げん金きんN4
現金 specifically means physical cash as opposed to credit or checks, while 金銭 is a broader, more formal term covering money in general.
貨か幣へいN1
貨幣 refers to currency or coinage as a medium of exchange in economic discussion, while 金銭 more broadly means money in formal or legal contexts.
資し金きんN2
資金 means funds earmarked for a specific purpose such as a business or project, while 金銭 is the general formal word for money itself.

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貨か物もつN2
金銭 is the standard modern word for money, while 貨物 in its old slang sense of money/assets is now obsolete and rarely used.
金きん品ぴん
金銭 refers only to money itself, while 金品 covers both money and physical valuables.
金きん子す
金銭 is a formal, still-current word for money used in legal and business contexts, whereas 金子 is archaic and rarely used today.
金かねN4
金銭 is a formal or legal term for money and monetary matters, whereas 金 is the plain, everyday word.

Word family· 12

金きん銭せん的てき
monetary; financial
金きん銭せん運うん
luck with money; financial fortune
金きん銭せんずく
using money as a weapon; power of money
金きん銭せん信しん託たく
money trust; cash trust
金きん銭せん債さい務む
monetary liabilities; pecuniary obligation

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金きん銭せん債さい権けん
monetary claim; pecuniary claim
金きん銭せん哲てつ学がく
philosophy of money; one's approach to earning, saving, and spending
金きん銭せん問もん題だい
money matter; financial problem
金きん銭せん感かん覚かく
sense of money; money sense
金きん銭せん登とう録ろく機き
cash register

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Etymology

Compound of 金 (kin, 'gold; money') and 銭 (sen, 'coin; money'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has been used to mean 'money' since classical times.