原資|げんしgenshi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nouncapital; principal

• Synonym元金がんきんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The principal of a loan, or seed money for a venture; 「原資」 focuses on the source of funds for a particular outlay.
• Synonym元本がんぽんWrittenWritten/formal prose. The principal of an investment or loan; 「原資」 instead highlights the source of funds behind an expenditure.
• Synonym元手もとでCasualColloquial. Seed money for a venture, or figuratively the basis of something, as in 「体が元手」; 「原資」 stresses the source of funds.
• Synonym資本しほんNeutralNeutral. Capital for running a business or venture; 「原資」 instead refers to the source of funds for a particular outlay.
• Related資金しきんNeutralNeutral. Funds used to run a business or for a specific purpose; 「原資」 points to where the money comes from, as in 「年金の原資」.
• RelatedキャピタルNeutralNeutral loanword for capital; also a capital city or capital letter, often in compounds like 「キャピタルゲイン」; 「原資」 stresses the source of funds.

Use 「原資」 for the source of funds behind a given outlay, as in 「年金の原資」 or 「賃上げの原資」. For principal use 「元金」 or 「元本」, for seed money 「元手」, for business capital 「資本」, and for funds in general 「資金」.

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1. 資金源しきんげん。もとで。