金 (Kin) is a Japanese noun meaning “gold (metal), gold (color), gold (medal), first place (prize)”.
Meanings
- noungold (metal)
- noungold (color)
- noungold (medal); first place (prize)
- noun, adjectival nounsomething of great value; something golden (e.g. silence)
- nounmoney; gold coin
- nounsum (of money)written before an amount of money
Examples
余分な金はない。
We have no spare money.
雄弁は銀、沈黙は金。
Speech is silver, silence is golden.
万事が金の世の中だ。
Money is everything.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).