Keyword
silver
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1569
Readings
ぎん
(60%)
Composed of
gold
almost good
Mnemonic

Silver is almost as good as gold.

Used in vocabulary (328 in total)
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
silver (color, colour)
bank; banking institution
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
silver coin
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
Milky Way; galaxy
gold and silver; money
silver thread
mercury (Hg)
ginkgo nut; gingko nut
bank employee; bank staff member; bank clerk
traveling expenses; travelling expenses
made of silver
silver-rimmed
Milky Way galaxy; Milky Way; the Galaxy; galactic system; galaxy
bank robbery; bank robber
Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver-colored paper
(projection) screen; the silver screen; the film world; movies
silverware; silver tableware
silvery wings
silver gray; silver grey
banker; bank proprietor; bank manager
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color
galactic empire (in science fiction)
silver medal
silver mine
silver utensil; silverware
oxidized silver; oxidised silver; something restrained but impressive (e.g. performance); something quiet but superb; something masterfully controlled
silver (second-place) prize
silver bell
large ginkgo tree; ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
skating rink; ice surface; silver plate
Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ
ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree
silver general
silvery scale; fish
silver mine; ore
silver foil; silver leaf; beaten silver
silver powder; powdered silver
silver ball
silver powder; white sand
silver gray; silver grey
city bank; metropolitan bank
banknote; bill; note; paper money
cooked white rice
silvery, snow-capped mountain
silvery background
silver nitrate; AgNO3
silver wedding (anniversary)
silver-capped tooth
steel-blue eyes (e.g. of a cat); silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)
silver-glittering snow
silver ring; bicycle wheel; bicycle
silver nugget; silver ingot; silver bullion
regional bank
gold, silver and bronze (medals)
Tengin Bank robbery (in which 12 people died of cyanide poisoning; 1948)
to capture a silver general; to desilverize; to desilverise
silver paint
silver-plated champron
ancient Japanese ladies' hairstyle
cluster of galaxies
antique silver finish
silver-colored folding fan (coloured)
strolling in Ginza
silvering; silvered item; person who is all style and no substance; poser
wages; labor wages; labour wages
silvery waves
sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria); black cod; Japanese bluefish; North Pacific bluefish; candlefish; sable
aluminium; aluminum
JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)
silver coin
silver halide; silver salt
supercluster of galaxies
city bank; metropolitan bank
clandestine bank; underground bank
seal used for bank transactions
large silvery fly
German silver; nickel silver; silver coinage imported to Japan during the late Edo and early Meiji periods
Edo-period unit of silver coinage; steel-blue eyes (e.g. of a cat); silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)
silver mirror
overseas Japanese bank
methylmercury; methyl mercury
silver mine; ore
silver-gilt letters; silvery letters
silver gray; silver grey
silver case
vermilion; scarlet
ichibugin; Edo-period rectangular silver coin worth one quarter ryō
long-term credit bank; LTCB
small silver coin of the Edo period
strolling in Ginza
oxidized silver; oxidised silver; something restrained but impressive (e.g. performance); something quiet but superb; something masterfully controlled
Bank for International Settlements; BIS
silver lace; silver braid
Edo period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber
thin sheet of silver; silver foil; censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony; Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam
oxidized silver; oxidised silver; something restrained but impressive (e.g. performance); something quiet but superb; something masterfully controlled
silver standard system
type of silver coin in the Edo period
mercury sulfide (esp. mercuric sulfide, HgS, but also mercurous sulfide, Hg2S) (sulphide)
daguerreotype; daguerrotype
Monotropastrum humile (species of saprophytic plant)
mercurials (drugs containing mercury)
silver chloride
group of galaxies
large silvery fly
money; metal
commercial bank; ordinary bank; ordinary commercial bank
cat with one eye golden, other eye steel-blue (considered a sign of luck)
sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising (setting) sun
silver medal; silver badge
foreign bank
Banking Law; Bank of Japan Act (1981)
mameitagin; Edo-period lump of silver used as currency
tea olive (Osmanthus fragrans); fragrant olive; sweet olive
promoted silver general
silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma, species of deep water cartilaginous ghost shark from the Western Pacific)
tidepool gunnel (Pholis nebulosa)
argyria; argyrosis
silver iodide
the typhoon Ginza; the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass
silver arrow
silvering; silver-plating
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
Edo-period lump of silver used as currency
commercial bank; city bank; private bank; high street bank
industrial bank
Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
American banks; American bank; American banking sector
development bank
galactic longitude
coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutsh); silver salmon
thin starchy sauce
silver standard
Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
silvering; silver-plating
import-export bank
World Bank
Bank of Japan Act
rich person
sheet metal; metal plate
silver general
cooked white rice
hard solder; silver solder
money needed to buy a geisha or prostitute out of bondage
ancient Japanese ladies' hairstyle
JP Bank (former Postal Savings Bank, created when the Postal Services were privatized)
lesser emperor (species of dragonfly, Anax parthenope)
white poplar (Populus alba)
ichibugin; Edo-period rectangular silver coin worth one quarter ryō
Edo period silver coin shaped like a sea cucumber
bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus); bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack
bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus); bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack
bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus); bigeye jack; great trevally; six-banded trevally; dusky jack
sabre-toothed blenny (Aspidontus taeniatus)
thin starchy sauce
Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides)
bank issued credit card
silver-plated
Japanese banknote
silver quality
hypothecary bank
exchange of silver generals
exchange bank
authorized foreign exchange bank; authorised foreign exchange bank
interbank payments system
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; EBRD
ginkgo-leaf top-knot worn by makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers
center for collecting charitable contributions (money, goods, and-or services) and distributing them to people in need
area where a string of nuclear power plants are located
mercury arc valve; mercury vapor rectifier
mercurous oxide (Hg2O); mercuric oxide (HgO)
native mercury (natural mercury found associated with cinnabar)
governor of a central bank
Automatic answer Network System for Electrical Request
money comes and goes; money goes around and around
on-the-spot payment
painting made with gold or silver paint (usu. on a dark background)
long-term credit bank; LTCB
banker's discount; bank discount
argentite; silver glance
mutual savings bank
commercial bank
handling fee; commission
handling fee; commission
starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation
mercury intrusion; mercury penetration; mercury porosimetry
race with a clear favourite (i.e. a safe bet; in horse racing, etc.)
horn silver; chlorargyrite; cerargyrite
other bank; another bank
banking principle; banking doctrine
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
Indian pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)
silver eye (species of beardfish, Polymixia japonica)
pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
little wattlebird (Anthochaera lunulata)
Carassius langsdorfii
Enneapterygius etheostomus (species of threefin blenny)
Cancer japonicus (species of crab)
Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister)
ginkgo-toothed beaked whale (Mesoplodon ginkgodens)
barred flagtail (Kuhlia mugil); five-bar flagtail
lookdown (Selene vomer)
Cephalanthera longibracteata (species of orchid)
Atlas broom (Argyrocytisus battandieri)
Examples (190 in total)
Once gold was less valuable than silver in Japan.
Is this real silver?
Gold is more valuable than silver.