金持ち

Japanese

Kanji in this term
金	持
かね Grade: 1	も Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 金 (kane, “money”) +‎ 持ち (mochi, “having, holding”).^[1]^[2]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) かねもち [kànémóꜜchì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [ka̠ne̞mo̞t͡ɕi]

Noun

金持ち (hiragana かねもち, rōmaji kanemochi)

a wealthy person

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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