Meaning

Primary

Money

Word Type

noun

Explanation

The is an honorific that makes this word a bit more fancy. When you're talking about money you gotta be fancy, after all. So, you're basically saying "gold" in a nicer way. What was gold back in the day? It was money.

Reading

おかね
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for is different from the one you learned with the kanji. Makes sense since this is a single kanji with hiragana attached. Here's a mnemonic to help you:

You've saved up a ton of money. With it you're going to buy something awesome. Then, suddenly someone hits you in the knees with a bat. Now you have to spend all your money buying a cane (かね). Sucks for you :(

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • お金が入る

    to receive money

    お金がある

    to have money, to be rich

    お金がかかる

    to cost money

Context Sentences

ウェディングリングは、お金よりも大切です。

Wedding rings are more important than money.

先月はギャンブルで多くのお金が入った。

Last month, I got a lot of money from gambling.

本社のお金のマネジメントの仕方に不正があった。

There were some problems with the way of managing financials at the head office.

Kanji Composition