通貨|つうかtsuuka[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nouncurrency
    欧州おうしゅう通貨つうかはドルに対たいして弱よわくなった。↗
    European currencies weakened against the dollar.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym貨幣かへいWrittenWritten/formal prose word for money: banknotes and coins as physical things, or money as a medium of exchange. 「通貨」 stresses money in circulation.
  • SynonymカレンシーNeutralNeutral loanword for currency, used mostly in foreign exchange and finance.
  • Antonym現物げんぶつNeutralActual goods or spot commodities; contrasts with 「通貨」 when payment is made in goods rather than cash, as in 「現物支給」.

Use 「通貨」 for the currency circulating in a country, as in 「通貨危機」 and 「仮想通貨」. For money as a medium of exchange or measure of value, say 「貨幣」; for actual goods or spot delivery, 「現物」. 「カレンシー」 is a loanword common in forex and finance.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 物ものやサービスの価値かちが一定いっていの単位たんいで化体かたいされ、国家こっか等とうの強制力きょうせいりょくにより流通りゅうつうが保証ほしょうされたもの。流通りゅうつう貨幣かへいの略りゃくとされる。
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