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金融

きんゆう

finance, banking, circulation of money

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Examples

  1. 兄は金融の仕事をしています。

    あにはきんゆうのしごとをしています。

    My older brother works in finance.

  2. 近くの金融機関で口座を作った。

    ちかくのきんゆうきかんでこうざをつくった。

    I opened an account at a nearby financial institution.

  3. 最近、金融のニュースが多くて難しい。

    さいきん、きんゆうのにゅーすがおおくてむずかしい。

    There is a lot of finance news lately and it's hard to follow.

Common patterns

金融機関
financial institution
金融市場
financial market
金融政策
monetary policy

Memory tip

金 (money) + 融 (to melt, to flow) — money made to flow between those who have it and those who need it. It is lending and banking specifically, not the economy as a whole (経済).

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