How to say "finance" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 金融きんゆうnounFinance as an activity or industry: the handling of money, credit and lending, as done by banks and other financial institutions. Choose this for the sector sense of finance.
- 会計かいけいno-adjective, suru verbPrimarily accounting: keeping and examining accounts. Its 'finance' sense is the financial affairs or funds of an organization, so it fits money matters within a company rather than the finance industry.
- nounThe borrowed English word, covering finance as a field of study or business practice — the raising and management of funds. Heard in business and academic contexts.
- nounReally the English 'economy': it means the economy or economics, and its 'finance' gloss is marginal. Seldom the word you want for finance — reach for it only when you mean economy or economics.
- 融通ゆうずうnoun, suru verb, transitive verbFinance in the concrete sense of lending: supplying money or goods to someone who needs them, or the loan itself. Use it for lending money or arranging funds, not for the finance industry.
Choose 金融 for finance as money and credit dealings, 会計 for accounting or an organization's financial affairs, 「ファイナンス」 for the field itself, 融通 for lending or raising funds; 「エコノミー」 is really 'economy'.
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