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闇金融 (やみきんゆう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

闇やみ金きん融ゆう

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Meanings

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noun

illegal lending; loan sharking; black-market loan

Refers to unregistered, high-interest lending outside legal regulations; often associated with yakuza or underground operations.

闇やみ金きん融ゆうから借かりると、法ほう外がいな利り息そくを取とられる。
If you borrow from an illegal lender, you'll be charged exorbitant interest.
警けい察さつはヤミ金きん融

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The police are cracking down on illegal lending operations.

Written forms

闇やみ金きん融ゆう
Standard kanji spelling using 闇 (dark/illegal).
ヤミ金きん融ゆう
Katakana spelling of the 闇 part, often seen in news or warnings.
ヤミきんゆう

Kanji

闇get dark, gloom, disorder
金gold
融dissolve, melt

Similar words

サラ金きん
サラ金 (salaryman loan) refers to legal consumer finance companies, though often with high interest; 闇金融 is strictly illegal and unregistered.
消しょう費ひ者しゃ金きん融ゆう
消費者金融 is the formal term for registered consumer finance; 闇金融 operates outside the law.

Etymology

Compound of 闇 (yami, 'darkness; illegal') and 金融 (kin'yū, 'finance'). The term directly describes unlicensed, underground financial services.