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お金おかね

okane

money

N5

How to remember this word

Tie お金 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “money” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.

Example sentences

Example 1

okane o ginkou ni iremasu

I put money in the bank.

Example 2

atarashii jitensha o kau okane ga arimasen.

I do not have the money to buy a new bicycle.