資金|しきんshikin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfunds; capital
   その計画けいかくには資金しきんが不足ふそくしていた。↗

   Money for the plan was lacking.

• Synonym資本しほんNeutralCapital in an economic sense, as in 「資本主義」; 「資金」 is money set aside for a specific purpose.
• Synonym元手もとでNeutralThe money put up to start or run a business; often colloquial, while 「資金」 is more formal.
• Related元本がんぽんWrittenA written financial term for the principal as opposed to interest; 「資金」 stresses money available for use.
• Related原資げんしWrittenWritten/formal: the source of funds or the principal, as in 「原資を確保」; 「資金」 is the broader word for the money itself.
• Related元金がんきんWrittenA written term for the principal or seed money, contrasted with interest; 「資金」 focuses on what the money is for.

Use 「資金」 for money earmarked for a purpose, as in 「資金調達」. For capital in an economic sense say 「資本」; for the money put into a business, 「元手」. 「元本」 and 「元金」 mean principal as opposed to interest, and 「原資」 the source of funds.

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1. 事業じぎょうの運営うんえいや特定とくていの目的もくてきに使つかわれる金銭きんせん。
2. （狭義きょうぎ）債務さいむの決済けっさいに当あてる現金げんきん又または預金よきん。