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    3. 元本

    元本

    元がん本ぽん

    principal (invest.)

    KMT5News #13+1NounBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab9 strokes

    がんぽんげんぽん

    Noun

    1.
    principal (invest.), capital

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    元がん本ぽんを保ほ証しょうする投とう資し商しょう品ひんを選えらびました。

    I chose an investment product that guarantees the principal.

    KMT5Business & Finance
    借しゃっ金きんの元がん本ぽんを返へん済さいするのに苦く労ろうしています。

    I am struggling to repay the principal of the loan.

    KMT5Business & Finance
    銀ぎん行こうの定てい期き預よ金きんは、元がん本ぽんが保ほ証しょうされているため安あん全ぜんです。

    Bank time deposits are safe because the principal is guaranteed.

    KMT5Business & Finance
    事じ業ぎょうを始はじめるには、まず元がん本ぽんとなる資し金きんが必ひつ要ようです。

    To start a business, you first need capital as the principal.

    KMT5Business & Finance
    投とう資し信しん託たくでは、元がん本ぽん割われのリスクも考こう慮りょする必ひつ要ようがあります。

    In investment trusts, it is necessary to consider the risk of losing the principal.

    KMT6Business & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    元
    もと…(7)
    beginning・former time・origin
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
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