預金|よきんyokin[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdeposit; bank account
    私の預金残高よきんざんだかはどうなっていますか。↗
    What's the balance of my account?
Conjugation
Dictionary form預金する(よきんする)
Polite (masu)預金します(よきんします)
Negative (nai)預金しない(よきんしない)
polite (masen)預金しません(よきんしません)
classical zu / nu預金せず・預金せぬ(よきんせず・よきんせぬ)
Past (ta)預金した(よきんした)
polite (mashita)預金しました(よきんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)預金しなかった(よきんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)預金しませんでした(よきんしませんでした)
Te form預金して(よきんして)
Potential預金できる(よきんできる)
Passive預金される(よきんされる)
Causative預金させる(よきんさせる)
Causative passive預金させられる(よきんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)預金すれば(よきんすれば)
tara預金したら(よきんしたら)
Volitional預金しよう(よきんしよう)
polite (mashou)預金しましょう(よきんしましょう)
Imperative預金しろ(よきんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym貯蓄ちょちくWrittenWritten/formal prose for saving money in general, as in 「貯蓄率」; 預金 is money placed in a bank or similar institution.
  • Synonym貯金ちょきんNeutralThe everyday word for saving money or deposits, also used for postal savings; 預金 is money placed in a bank or similar institution.
  • Synonym預け入れるあずけいれるNeutralA verb for depositing money in a bank; 預金 is a noun, though it can also work as 「預金する」.
  • Synonym入金にゅうきんNeutralMoney arriving or being credited, as in 「入金確認」; 預金 is about placing money with a financial institution.
  • Related蓄えたくわえNeutralReserves or stockpiles of any kind, not just money; 預金 is money held at a financial institution or the act of depositing it.
  • Antonym借金しゃっきんNeutralOpposite to 預金 in the saving-versus-borrowing contrast: debt, or money borrowed.
  • Antonym融資ゆうしNeutralProviding funds, i.e. lending; not a strict antonym of 預金, just the loan side of a bank's deposit-and-lending business.

Use 「預金」 for money placed in a bank or similar, as in 「普通預金」 or 「預金する」. For saving money in everyday speech pick 「貯金」; for saving in general, written 「貯蓄」; for money coming in, 「入金」. The opposite of saving is 「借金」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. お金かねを銀行ぎんこうなどに預あずけること。
  2. 預あずけたお金かね。
Kanji in this word
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