How to say "financial" in Japanese

• 経済的けいざいてきCommon
  na-adjectiveThe adjective for 'financial' in the sense of money matters in general — financial reasons, difficulties or security. It also covers 'economic', and can mean 'economical' (saving money), a different sense.
  私は経済的けいざいてきに困こまっている。↗

  I am in financial difficulties.
• 金融きんゆうJLPT N3approx.Common
  no-adjectiveA noun for finance itself: banking, credit and monetary affairs. Use it where 'financial' belongs to that world — financial institutions, markets or policy — rather than to personal money matters.

Use 経済的 for 'financial' as a general adjective about money matters (reasons, difficulties), and 金融 for the noun of banking, credit and monetary affairs — the 'financial' of institutions, markets and policy.

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• 経済的けいざいてきeconomic
• フィナンシャルfinancial
• マネタリーmonetary
• 金融関係きんゆうかんけいfinance-related
• 財政的ざいせいてきeconomic
• 金銭的きんせんてきmonetary
• 金融きんゆうmonetary