Japanese

Noun

お金 ‎(hiragana おかね, romaji 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

• 現金 (げんきん) ‎(genkin)
• キャッシュ ‎(kyasshu)

References

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3