元手|もとでmotode[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncapital; funds; seed money
2. nounasset

• Synonym元金がんきんWrittenWritten term for principal, as opposed to interest, and for one's capital; 「元手」 centers on the money for doing business.
• Synonym資本金しほんきんFormalFormal term for the registered capital of a company; 「元手」 is the colloquial word for one's stake.
• Synonym原資げんしWrittenWritten word for the source of funds, as in 「年金の原資」; 「元手」 is the stake for starting out.
• Synonym元本がんぽんWrittenWritten word for the principal of an investment or deposit, as in 「元本保証」; 「元手」 is one's stake for doing something.
• Synonym資本しほんNeutralCapital needed to run a business; also used figuratively for one's basic asset, as in 「体が資本」. 「元手」 is more colloquial.
• Synonym資金しきんNeutralMoney for running a business or a set purpose, and money only; 「元手」 stresses the starting stake and can be used figuratively.

Use 「元手」 for the colloquial stake to start a business; 「資本」/「資金」 for business funds, 「資本金」 for a company's registered capital, and 「元本」 for investment principal.

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1. 事業じぎょうを営いとなむにあたって必要ひつような資金しきん。資本金しほんきん。
2. 何なんかをするにあたっての基本きほんまたは根本こんぽんとなるもの。