お金

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Etymology

Kanji in this term
金
かね Grade: 1
kun'yomi

お (o-, honorific prefix) +‎ 金 (kane, “money”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おかね [òkáné] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ka̠ne̞]

Noun

お金(かね) • (okane) 

1. (honorific) money

   お金(かね)をいくら持(も)っているか？

   Okane o ikura motteiru ka?

   How much money do you have?

Synonyms

• 金(かね) (kane) – Using the bare 金 is considered impolite to refer to one's money.

See also

• 現(げん)金(きん) (genkin)
• キャッシュ (kyasshu)

References

1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN