How to say "finances" in Japanese

• 財源ざいげんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'finances' as a source of funds — the money available to fund a plan, project, or policy. It is about where funding comes from, not about anyone's personal financial circumstances.
• 経済けいざいJLPT N4approx.Common
  nounCovers '(one's) finances' as overall financial circumstances — whether a person is well off or struggling. The same word also means 'the economy' or 'economics', so the context tells you which sense is meant.
• 台所だいどころJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounLiterally 'kitchen', this covers a household's finances: the everyday money a home runs on, and whether it is tight or comfortable. Think family budget rather than large-scale funds.

Use 経済 for a person's overall financial circumstances, 台所 for a household's everyday money, and 財源 only when 'finances' means the funds or funding source behind a plan or project.

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• 財源ざいげんsource of funds
• 暮らし向きくらしむきlife circumstances
• 経済けいざいfinance
• 台所だいどころfinancial situation
• 身上しんしょうlife circumstances