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きん
Meanings
Noun
1. gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup)
Adjective (の)
Noun
2. valuable; of highest value
Noun
3. money; gold coin
4. Friday
5. metal (fourth of the five elements)
6. Jin dynasty (China, 1115-1234); Chin dynasty; Jurchen dynasty
Noun
Suffix
Abbreviation
Shogi
7. gold general
Noun
Colloquialism
Abbreviation
8. testicles
Counter
Suffix
9. karat; carat
Alt. forms
金きん
90%
きん
6%
キン
3%
Pitch accent
き
ん
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Used in vocabulary (365 in total)
gold brocade
confection of sweetened beans wrapped in wheat-flour dough (in the shape of a sword guard); (arch.) metal sword guard; (arch.) polearm
gold thread
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Examples (11 in total)
Speech is silver, silence is gold.
He sees everything in terms of money.
They earmarked enough money for research work.
It seems as if everything he touches turns to gold.
The money I have given him amounts to $10,000.
People, goods and money are all free to move across national borders in the region.
Iron is much more useful than gold.
I would choose honor before money.
The Golden Gate Bridge is made of iron.
The trouble is that we are short of money.
They sailed for months in hope of "gold and glory".