Banking
This page contains banking information in Japanese. Banking in Japan can be a bit difficult at first for several reasons: first, the staff will only speak to you in honorific Japanese, which is like a different language to everyday Japanese; second, the banking vocabulary is something you only use in a bank or when giving an employer your banking details so they can pay you; therefore, you don’t use it very often and that is why it is difficult to remember. Best to refer to this page before going to the bank. See also: academic subjects and business.
| English | Kanji | Hiragana | Romaji |
| account | 口座 | こうざ | kouza |
| checking account | チェッキング口座 | チェッキングこうざ | chekingu kouza |
| checking account | 当座預金口座 | とうざよきんこうざ | touzayokin kouza |
| corporate account | 法人口座 | ほうじんこうざ | boujinkouza |
| personal account | 個人口座 | こじんこうざ | kojin kouza |
| savings account | セービング口座 | セービングこうざ | sebingu kouza |
| savings account | 普通預金口座 | ふつうよきんこうざ | futsuuhokin kouza |
| annual percentage yield (APY) | 年利 | ねんり | nenri |
| bank | 銀行 | ぎんこう | ginkou |
| certificate of deposit (CD) | 定期預金口座 | ていきよきんこうざ | teikiyokin kouza |
| deposit | 振込 | ふりこみ | furikomi |
| to deposit | 振り込む | ふりこむ | furikomu |
| FDIC Insurance | ペイオフ | ペイオフ | peiofu |
| interest paid | 利子 | りし | rishi |
| interest earned | 利息 | りそく | risoku |
| an account earns interest | 口座に利息が付く | こうざりそくつく | kouzarisokutsuku |
| interest rate | 利率 | りりつ | riritsu |
