ぎんこう
Meanings
Noun
1. 預金を受け入れ、それを原資として貸付けを行ない、また、預金の口座において決済を行なう金融機関。
2. 銀行法においては、内閣総理大臣の免許を受けて銀行業を営む者をいい、銀行業とは、預金又は定期積金の受入れと資金の貸付け又は手形の割引とを併せ行うこと又は為替取引を行うことのいずれかを行う営業をいう。
法律
3. 貯蔵し、必要に応じ払い出す機能を持った機関。
比喩的。英語"bank"の訳、近時は「バンク」をそのまま使用する例が多い
4. 堅実で間違いのないものの比喩。
俗語
Pitch accent
んこう
Composed of
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
① ある場所へ行くこと。
Used in vocabulary (67 in total)
① 銀行に勤務する職員。行員。
bank robbery; bank robber
banker; bank proprietor; bank manager
investment bank
Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ
Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ
regional bank
banknote; bill; note; paper money
city bank; metropolitan bank
major bank; big bank
banking services
seal used for bank transactions
clandestine bank; underground bank
Bank for International Settlements; BIS
exchange bank
long-term credit bank; LTCB
commercial bank; ordinary bank; ordinary commercial bank
bank of issue
Banking Law; Bank of Japan Act (1981)
commercial bank; city bank; private bank; high street bank
job bank; talent pool
Asian Development Bank
JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)
mutual savings bank
① 質屋の隠語。
bank issued credit card
banking world
foreign exchange bank
authorized foreign exchange bank; authorised foreign exchange bank
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; EBRD
bank supervision
center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need
interbank transactions
banker's discount; bank discount
race with a clear favourite (i.e. a safe bet; in horse racing, etc.)
bankers' rounding
banking principle; banking doctrine
Examples (86 in total)
I'm going to the bank.
I have to withdraw some cash from the bank.
I have to go to the bank.