預金|よきんyokin[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbdeposit; bank 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.
- 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」.
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