Silver in Japanese 🇯🇵

きん info.

– Tips to remember the Japanese word きん (kin):
– Associate "きん (kin)" with the color "gold" as both words share a luxurious and valuable connotation.
– Visualize a gold bar or a gold medal and attach the sound "kin" to it.
– Think of the English word "kin" which means family, imagining gold jewelry passed down through generations.

– Explanations:
– "きん (kin)" is the Japanese word for gold, both the metal and the color.
– In Kanji, it is written as 金.

– Other words that mean the same thing:
– 黄金 (おうごん ōgon): Means "gold" in the sense of something made of gold or the gold color, often more poetic.

– Alternate meanings like slang:
– きん (kin) can sometimes be short for 現金 (げんきん genkin) which means "cash" or "money".
– In another context, きん can also be used in sports, referring to "gold medal" as 金メダル (きんめだる kin medaru).

– Examples of sentences that use it:
– 彼は金のネックレスを買いました。
Romanized: Kare wa kin no nekkuresu o kaimaa.
Translation: He bought a gold necklace.

– 金はとても高価な金属です。
Romanized: Kin wa totemo kōka na kinzoku desu.
Translation: Gold is a very valuable metal.

– 彼女はオリンピックで金メダルを取りました。
Romanized: Kanojo wa orinpikku de kin medaru o torimaa.
Translation: She won a gold medal at the Olympics.

– 店で現金できんを支払った。
Romanized: Mise de genkin de kin o shiharatta.
Translation: I paid cash at the store.

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ぎん info.

Tips to remember the Japanese word:
– Recall the visual similarity between the kanji for silver (銀) and a shining silver ingot.
– Connect "ぎん" (gin) to the English word "gin" (the beverage) by imagining it being served in a silver cup.

Explanations:
– Kanji: 銀
– Hiragana: ぎん
– Romanized: gin

Other words that mean the same thing:
– シルバー (shirubā): This is a direct borrow from English, used in Japan, especially in contexts like colors or product names.

Alternate meanings/slang:
– 銀 can also be used in context to refer to 銀行 (ぎんこう, ginkou) meaning "bank."
– In anime/manga culture, 銀 (gin) might refer to characters with silver hair, such as "銀さん" (Gin-san) from "Gintama."

Examples of sentences using "ぎん":
1. 銀メダルを獲得した。 (ぎんメダルをかくとくした。)
Romanized: Gin medaru wo kakutoku a.
Translation: I won a silver medal.

2. 彼の髪は銀色です。 (かれのかみはぎんいろです。)
Romanized: Kare no kami wa gin iro desu.
Translation: His hair is silver.

3. 銀行に行く必要がある。 (ぎんこうにいくひつようがある。)
Romanized: Ginkou ni iku hitsuyou ga aru.
Translation: I need to go to the bank.

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