I Love Kanji現金 (genkin)
現金 (げんきん, genkin) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “cash; ready money”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- げんきん
- Romaji
- genkin
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- cash; ready money; money on hand; currency · noun
- mercenary; self-interested; calculating · な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 現金
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 現金だ | げんきんだ genkinda |
| Present (polite) | 現金です | げんきんです genkindesu |
| Negative | 現金じゃない | げんきんじゃない genkinjanai |
| Past | 現金だった | げんきんだった genkindatta |
| Negative past | 現金じゃなかった | げんきんじゃなかった genkinjanakatta |
| Te-form | 現金で | げんきんで genkinde |
| Before a noun | 現金な | げんきんな genkinna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 現金に | げんきんに genkinni |
Kanji in 現金
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 現金.
実現じつげんimplementation (e.g. of a system)現すあらわすto represent現れあらわれembodiment現在げんざいthe present現実げんじつreality現象げんしょうphenomenon現状げんじょうpresent condition現代げんだいpresent age現場げんばactual spot表現ひょうげんexpression現れるあらわれるto appear現にげんにactually現げんpresent (e.g. government, administration)現像げんぞうdevelopment (of film)
Source: JMdict entry 1263550 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.