浄財|じょうざいjouzai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounmonetary offering; donation

• Synonym寄付きふNeutralThe general, neutral term for donating money or goods, with no religious limits; 「浄財」 refers specifically to pure money given to temples or charity.
• Synonym献金けんきんWrittenA written/formal prose word for giving money toward a purpose; mostly political donations, as in 「政治献金」.
• Synonym寄金ききんWrittenA written/formal prose term for money donated to a cause; rare, and without the nuance of purity that 「浄財」 has.
• Synonym寄進きしんWrittenIn written/formal prose, donating money or goods to a temple or shrine, as in 「鳥居を寄進」; limited to religious institutions, while 「浄財」 also covers charity.
• Synonym寄付金きふきんNeutralNeutral term for the money actually donated — the sum itself; it lacks the religious, 'pure' coloring of 「浄財」.
• Related義援金ぎえんきんWrittenIn written/formal prose, money donated for disaster relief, charity or public causes, as in 「被災地への義援金」; it carries no religious coloring.
• RelatedカンパCasualColloquial word for raising or giving money for a specific activity or purpose; 「浄財」 is confined to religious, charitable giving.
• Related義捐ぎえんWrittenA written/formal prose term for charitable donations; usually appears in the compound 「義捐金」 rather than alone.
• Related拠金きょきんWrittenA written/formal prose term for jointly contributing money — people pooling donations for a cause; rarely used.
• Antonym不浄財WrittenA written/formal prose term for money of improper origin — the direct opposite of the pure money 「浄財」 denotes.
• Antonym汚銭WrittenA rare written/formal prose word for 'dirty money', opposed to 「浄財」; in ordinary speech one says 「汚い金」.

Everyday donations: 「寄付」. Pure money for a temple or charity: 「浄財」, as in 「浄財を募る」. Disaster relief or public causes: 「義援金」. Fundraising for a specific activity: colloquial 「カンパ」. 「寄付金」 is the sum given; 「献金」 is written/formal prose, mostly political; 「寄進」 is written/formal prose for temples and shrines; 「義捐」 usually appears as 「義捐金」; 「拠金」 and 「寄金」 are rare written terms.

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1. 寺院じいんや慈善事業じぜんじぎょうに寄付きふするための清浄せいじょうな金銭きんせん。