身代|しんだいshindai[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounfortune; property

• Synonym財産ざいさんNeutralThe general word for money, land and assets owned by a person or group; figuratively, prized skills too. 「身代」 is a person's or family's whole estate, and old-fashioned.
• Synonym資産しさんWrittenAn economics and accounting term; can also mean a company's assets. 「身代」 refers only to the property of an individual or family.
• Synonym財ざいWrittenWritten style; wealth and goods in general, as in 「財をなす」; also an economics term and suffix as in 「文化財」. 「身代」 is a family's whole estate, with an old-fashioned feel.
• Synonym富とみWrittenWealth in an abstract sense, as in 「富を築く」. 「身代」 concretely means one person's or family's estate.
• Synonym資財しざいWrittenWritten style for valuable assets such as money and land. 「身代」 stresses a family's entire estate and livelihood.
• Related持ち物もちものNeutralMostly things you carry or personally own — a narrow scope. 「身代」 is a family's entire property.
• Related所有物しょゆうぶつWrittenThings legally owned by someone; stresses ownership, regardless of value. 「身代」 means the wealth a family has built up.
• Related家蔵かぞうWrittenItems collected in one's own home; also a suru verb, 「家蔵する」. 「身代」 means the whole estate, not a collection.
• Related財貨ざいかWrittenWritten style for money and goods of value; common in economics. 「身代」 is specifically one person's or family's whole estate and livelihood.
• Related一財産ひとざいさんNeutralA large fortune; often in 「一財産築く」. 「身代」 is all the property a family has now, large or small.

For property in general, say 「財産」; for economics and accounting, 「資産」. 「身代」 is an old-fashioned word for a family's whole estate, seen mainly in set phrases like 「身代を築く」 and 「身代をつぶす」.

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1. 個人こじんや家いえの財産ざいさん。全ぜん財産ざいさん。
2. 生計せいけい。暮らし向くらしむき。
3. 身分みぶん。地位ちい。