金|きんkin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noungold (metal)
    輝かがやくものすべてが金きんとは限かぎらない。↗
    All that glitters is not gold.
  2. noungold (color)
    記念碑きねんひの一番いちばん上うえで禎子さだこが頭あたまの上うえに金きんの鶴つるをかざしている。↗
    On top of the statue, Sadako is holding a golden crane over her head.
  3. noungold (medal); first place (prize)
    日本にっぽんシンクロ界かいの悲願ひがんである金きんには、あと一歩いっぽで届とどかなかった。↗
    The 'gold' yearned for by the Japanese synchronized swimming world was not quite reached.
  4. no-adjectivesomething of great value; something golden (e.g. silence)
  5. nounmoney; gold coin
  6. nounsum (of money)written before an amount of money
  7. nounFriday
    私は、月がつ・水みず・金きんと一いち日にちおきに仕事しごとをします。↗
    I work every other day: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
  8. noun, counterkarat (measure of purity of gold); carat
  9. nounmetal (fourth phase of Wu Xing)
  10. nounJin dynasty (of China; 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty
  11. noun, shogigold general
  12. nountesticles
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym黄金おうごんNeutralRefers to gold but often carries a figurative sense of splendor or prosperity, as in 「黄金時代」; 「金」 usually means the metal itself or a gold medal.
  • Antonym銀ぎんNeutralSilver, a precious metal like 「金」; ranks below it in medals, as in 「銀メダル」. The two are parallel ranks, not opposites in meaning.
  • Antonym銅どうNeutralCopper; comes after 「金」 and 「銀」 in medals, as in 「銅メダル」. A different rank in the same sequence, not an opposite in meaning.

Use 「金」 for the metal or a gold medal; for figurative brilliance or prosperity, 「黄金」 is more common, as in 「黄金時代」. 銀 and 銅 are other ranks in the medal series, not true opposites.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (キン)金属きんぞく元素げんその一ひとつ。元素げんそ記号きごうAu, 原子げんし番号ばんごう79, 原子量げんしりょう196.96655。こがね、黄金おうごん。
  2. またその単体たんたいである黄色きいろの金属きんぞく。密度みつど19300kg/m³。融点ゆうてん1337.33K。沸点ふってん3129K。きわめて反応はんのう性せいに乏とぼしい。純度じゅんどの高たかいものは柔やわらかい。熱伝導ねつでんどう性せい、電気でんき伝導でんどう性せいに優すぐれる。貨幣かへいや宝飾ほうしょくのほか、耐蝕たいしょく性せいをあげるためのメッキや電子でんし部品ぶひんの配線はいせんなどに用もちいられる。
  3. (キン) おかね。
  4. (キン)金属きんぞくの金かねのような光沢こうたくのあるオレンジがかった黄色きいろ。金色きんいろ。黄金色こがねいろ。山吹色やまぶきいろ。
  5. (かな、かね) 金属きんぞく。
  6. (キン)金かねの純度じゅんどを示しめす単位たんい。純金じゅんきんを24金きんとし、他た金属きんぞくの含有量がんゆうりょうの割合わりあいを表あらわす。カラット。
  7. (キン) やり取とりされるまとまったおかね。
  8. (かね、がね) 金属きんぞく。金属きんぞく部品ぶひん。
  9. (かね、がね) まとまったおかね。
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