資産|しさんshisan[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounproperty; fortune; means; assets
    株主かぶぬしたちは会社かいしゃの資産しさんを処分しょぶんする事ことを決議けつぎしました。↗
    Shareholders voted to liquidate the company's assets.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym財産ざいさんNeutralMoney, land and other property owned by a person or group; also figuratively for valuable experience or talent. 「資産」 leans toward assets in accounting and investment.
  • Synonym財ざいWrittenWritten style for wealth and goods, as in 「財を成す」; mostly used in compounds. 「資産」 is the ordinary word.
  • Synonym富とみWrittenWritten word for wealth, as in 「富を築く」; leans toward affluence in the abstract rather than specific assets.
  • Synonym身代しんだいWrittenWritten word for a family's fortune or estate; carries an old-fashioned flavor.
  • Synonym資財しざいWrittenWritten word for property and family assets; rare in modern Japanese.
  • Related一財産ひとざいさんNeutralA sizable fortune, as in 「一財産を築く」; stresses that the amount is large.
  • RelatedプロパティNeutralLoanword for real estate or software properties; used mainly in property and IT fields.
  • Related財貨ざいかWrittenWritten, economics term for goods and commodities; not an everyday word for assets.
  • Related所有物しょゆうぶつNeutralThings a person or group owns; leans toward physical items and, unlike 「資産」, does not stress value.
  • Antonym負債ふさいNeutralLiabilities, the direct opposite of 「資産」, as in 「資産と負債」.
  • Antonym借金しゃっきんNeutralMoney borrowed and still owed; the everyday word for debt, contrasted with 「資産」 one owns.

Use 「資産」 for assets held by individuals or companies, as in 「資産運用」 and 「固定資産」; it leans toward accounting and investment. For property in general say 「財産」, for wealth 「富」. The opposites are 「負債」 and 「借金」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 個人こじんまたは法人ほうじんが所有しょゆうする財産ざいさんのこと。
  2. (簿記ぼき・会計かいけい)経営けいえい活動かつどうを営いとなむために必要ひつような財貨ざいかや債権さいけんのこと。また、運用うんようの形態けいたいから、流動資産りゅうどうしさん、固定こてい資産しさん、繰延くりのべ資産しさんの3つに区分くぶんされる。現預金げんよきんや土地とちを除のぞき、将来しょうらいの費用ひようとの表現ひょうげんもある。
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