銀|ぎんgin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N3approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounsilver (Ag)
    金きんより銀ぎんの指輪ゆびわの方ほうが好すきです。↗
    I prefer silver rings to gold ones.
  2. no-adjectivesilver (color)
  3. nounsilver (medal, prize, etc.)
  4. nounsilver coin
  5. noun, shogisilver general
  6. suffixbank
  7. nounmoney
Synonyms & antonyms
  • SynonymシルバーNeutralLoanword covering both the metal and the color, and common as a prefix (「シルバーアクセ」); it can also mean senior citizens (「シルバー世代」), a sense 「銀」 lacks.
  • Related銀色ぎんいろNeutralRefers only to the color, not the metal; 「銀」 covers the metal, the color, and silver medals.
  • Related銀鼠ぎんねずWrittenA traditional color name for mouse gray with a silver sheen, found in kimono contexts and color descriptions; everyday speech prefers 「シルバーグレー」.
  • Related銀灰色ぎんかいしょくWrittenGray tinged with silver, used mainly in written color descriptions; 「銀色」 is brighter and whiter.
  • Antonym黄金こがねWrittenNative-Japanese word for gold or the color gold, often literary as in 「黄金色」; it stands opposite 「銀」 as the other precious metal.

Use 「銀」 for the metal and medals; for color alone say 「銀色」 or 「シルバー」. Grayish shades are 「銀灰色」 or 「銀鼠」. 「黄金」 is the literary counterpart for gold.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 金属きんぞくの一種いっしゅ。原子げんし番号ばんごう47、元素げんそ記号きごうAgの元素げんそ。単体たんたいは、銀白色ぎんはくしょくの固体こたい。腐食ふしょくしにくい貴金属ききんぞくであり、古代こだいから世界中せかいじゅうで、装飾そうしょくや貨幣かへいとして用もちいられてきた。しろがね。
  2. 貨幣かへいや通貨つうか、又またはその象徴的しょうちょうてきな表現ひょうげん。
  3. 銀ぎん(語義ごぎ1)のような光沢こうたくのある白色はくしょく。
  4. 将棋しょうぎの駒こま「銀将ぎんしょう」の通称つうしょう。
  5. 銀行ぎんこうに関かんする略語りゃくご、合成語ごうせいごを作つくる。
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