Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 成金(なりきん) in Japanese

成金, 成り金
Kana Reading
なりきん
Romaji
narikin
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    upstart; nouveau riche; new rich; narikin; coming into wealth suddenly
    Example sentence
    土地で彼は成り金になった。 Land made him a rich man.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    (orig. meaning) piece promoted to gold general (in shogi)
    Example sentence
    トムは小川さんから多くの人が成金を軽蔑すると聞いた。 Tom learnt from Mr Ogawa that many people have scorn for the nouveau riche.

Examples of 成金, 成り金, なりきん in a sentence

Kanji in this word

成 JLPT 3

6 strokes

turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach

On'Yomi: セイ, ジョウ

Kun'Yomi: な.る, な.す, -な.す

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金 JLPT 5

8 strokes

gold

On'Yomi: キン, コン, ゴン

Kun'Yomi: かね, かな-, -がね

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