通貨|つうかtsuuka[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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- nouncurrency
- 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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