金利(きんり)

きんり
noun
interest rate
1. interest rate
The percentage charged for borrowing money or paid for depositing money.
金利(きんり)が上(あ)がった。
Interest rates went up.
低(てい)金利(きんり)時代(じだい)が続(つづ)いている。
The era of low interest rates continues.
ローンの金利(きんり)を比較(ひかく)する。
Compare loan interest rates.

金利(きんり) refers to interest rates in banking and finance. It covers both the rate charged on loans and the rate earned on deposits.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 金利(きんり)を上(あ)げる/下(さ)げる: to raise/lower interest rates
  • 金利(きんり)が上(あ)がる/下(さ)がる: interest rates rise/fall
  • 低(てい)金利(きんり): low interest rate
  • 高(こう)金利(きんり): high interest rate
  • 変動(へんどう)金利(きんり): variable interest rate
  • 固定(こてい)金利(きんり): fixed interest rate

RELATED TERMS:

  • 利息(りそく): interest (the actual money paid/earned)
  • 利率(りりつ): interest rate (synonym, slightly more technical)
  • 年利(ねんり): annual interest rate

NOTE:
金利(きんり) often appears in news about 日本銀行(にほんぎんこう) (Bank of Japan) monetary policy decisions.

Related Words

Related: 利息(りそく) (interest (money))
Synonym: 利率(りりつ) (technical)
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Added 2026.1.16 9:31 · Revised 2026.4.10 21:45
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