ゲンキン – Vocabulary details

ゲンキン

Noun

1. cash; ready money; money on hand; currency

ちょっと、現げん金きんは持もってないの？Hey, don't you have any cash?

Adjective (な)

2. mercenary; self-interested; calculating

人にん間げんは現げん金きんなものですね。People sure are self-serving, aren't they?

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present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

gold (metal); gold (color); gold (medal); first place (prize); something of great value; something golden (e.g. silence); money

changing into cash; encashment; cashing

armoured car (for transporting valuables); security van

(having) a cash income

げんきんゲンキン、持もってないんでしょう？

You don't have any cash, do you?

げんきんゲンキンが必ひつ要ようなんだ。

I need some cash.

ちょっと、げんきんゲンキンは持もってないの？

Hey, don't you have any cash?

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