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JLPT N1 · Noun

財 (zai)

財 (ざい, zai) is a Japanese noun meaning “fortune; riches”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ざい
Romaji
zai
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. fortune; riches · noun, suffix noun
  2. goods · noun, suffix noun
  3. incorporated foundation · noun · abbreviation

Example sentences

彼は努力によって財を成した。
He has made a fortune through hard work.
Tatoeba #101850
国民総生産は一定の期間における一国の財及びサービスを貨幣価値で計った総生産高である。
Gross national product is a nation's total output of goods and services during a given period of time as measured in monetary value.
Tatoeba #173013

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 財

財
property, money, wealthザイ・サイ・たから · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 財.

財布さいふwallet財産ざいさんproperty財源ざいげんsource of funds財政ざいせいpublic finance文化財ぶんかざいcultural assets

Source: JMdict entry 1296770 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.