How to say 'Savings' in Japanese | 貯蓄

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The Japanese word for Savings is 'Chochiku', written as 貯蓄 in Japanese.'Savings' in hiragana is ちょちく.

word

貯蓄

Meaning

Savings

Reading

ちょちく

chochiku

Kanji

貯Savings 蓄Amass, Store up

Explanation

The Japanese noun '貯蓄 (ちょちく)' refers to the act of saving money or resources, or the accumulated savings themselves. It is commonly used in financial contexts to describe the practice of setting aside money for future use. For example: I have been saving money for a house「家のために貯蓄をしています」(いえのためにちょちくをしています). It is important to save for emergencies「緊急時のために貯蓄することが重要です」(きんきゅうじのためにちょちくすることがじゅうようです). The term can also be used more broadly to refer to the accumulation of resources, not just money.

Part Of Speech

noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

6948

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 貯蓄

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

貯

Meaning

Savings

kanji

蓄

Meaning

Amass, Store up

Words Related to 貯蓄 Through the Kanji 貯

This Word contains the Kanji 貯 as well.

word

貯金

Meaning

Savings

Words Related to 貯蓄 Through the Kanji 蓄

This Word contains the Kanji 蓄 as well.

word

蓄積

Meaning

Accumulation

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