マネーmanee

1. nounmoney
   「いいから金かね払はらえっての」「さっさとマネーよこせネ」↗

   "Just pay up already, I'm saying." "Hand over the money, Yo!"

• Synonymお金おかねNeutralEveryday word for money and the default choice on its own; 「マネー」 usually appears in loan compounds like 「電子マネー」「マネーゲーム」 and is rare standalone.
• Synonym金かねWrittenRead 「こがね」; basically gold, gold coins or the color gold, and when used for money it has an archaic literary flavor, while 「マネー」 fits modern financial contexts.
• Synonym金銭きんせんWrittenWritten-style word for money, as in 「金銭感覚」「金銭トラブル」; 「マネー」 mostly forms loan compounds and is seldom used alone.
• Synonym貨幣かへいWrittenEconomics term for currency as a medium of exchange and measure of value — banknotes and coins; 「マネー」 covers money and funds broadly.
• Synonym金員きんいんFormalFormal legal-document term for a set amount of money, as in 「金員を支払う」; 「マネー」 shows up in financial and economic loan compounds.
• Relatedお足おあしCasualOld-fashioned colloquial name for money with an archaic ring, little used today; 「マネー」 is a modern loanword common in financial compounds.
• Related銭金ぜにかねNeutralMoney with a colloquial coloring, seen in 「銭金の問題ではない」「銭金のやり取り」; 「マネー」 belongs to finance and loan compounds.
• RelatedゲルトCasualFrom German, old student slang now almost never heard; say 「お金」 for everyday money, while 「マネー」 comes from English.
• Related金子きんすWrittenRead 「きんす」; means gold coins or money with an archaic flavor and is rarely used today, while 「マネー」 is modern and mostly compounds.
• Related先立つ物さきだつものCasualIdiom for the money you need first to get something done, as in 「先立つ物がない」; 「マネー」 just means money in general, without that nuance.
• Related金円きんえんWrittenOld official-document word for money or the yen under the gold standard, now rare; everyday speech uses 「お金」, and 「マネー」 leans financial.

For everyday money, say 「お金」; 「マネー」 mostly appears in loan compounds like 「電子マネー」. In writing use 「金銭」, in economics 「貨幣」, and in legal documents 「金員」; the rest are archaic or slangy.

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1. 貨幣かへい、金銭きんせん。