かね

See also: がね

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of かね – see the following entry.

【金】1

[noun] metal

[noun] (impolite) clipping of お金 (okane): money

[noun] (colloquial) short for 曲尺 (kanejaku): a carpenter’s square

[noun] (colloquial) short for 金物 (kanamono) or 金具 (kanagu): metal fittings

[noun] short for 金性 (kaneshō): fineness of gold metal, compare English karat

[noun] synonym of 金箔 (kinpaku): gold leaf

Alternative spellings
銀, 銅, 鉄

(This term, かね (kane), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as かね, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かね.)

For pronunciation and definitions of かね – see the following entry.

【鐘】S	[noun] bell

(This term, かね (kane), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as かね, see Category:Japanese kanji read as かね.)

For pronunciation and definitions of かね – see the following entry: 鉦

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For pronunciation and definitions of かね – see the following entry: 鉄漿

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For pronunciation and definitions of かね – see the following entry: 矩

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From か (ka, interrogative sentence-ending particle) +‎ ね (ne, empathic sentence-ending particle).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Compare Ido ka ne.

かね • (ka ne)

(emphatic, sentence ending particle) Asks a question.
何(なに)をしましたかね？！
Nani o shimashita ka ne?!
What did you do?!

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN