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お金

おかね

money

Mnemonic

The stuff out of the ground with a polite お stuck on the front, because nobody says it bare. The same cane かね as 金, held out politely. In this country it comes in yen: おかね.

Worth knowing

This is 金 かね wearing the polite お. かね on its own is the harder, blunter word.

Built from

gold, money, metal
Two nuggets buried in the earth under a cover. The metal you dig for, and the money it becomes.

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