金塊

きんかい
noun
gold bar; gold ingot; gold nugget
1. gold bar; gold ingot; lump of gold
A solid mass of gold, whether a refined bar or ingot held as an asset, or a natural nugget. Used for gold held as a store of value or recovered from mining.
金庫(きんこ)に金塊(きんかい)を保管(ほかん)する。
To store gold bars in a safe.
税関(ぜいかん)で金塊(きんかい)の密輸(みつゆ)が見(み)つかった。
Smuggled gold bars were discovered at customs.
経済(けいざい)が不安定(ふあんてい)になると、金塊(きんかい)を買(か)う投資家(とうしか)が増(ふ)える。
When the economy grows unstable, more investors buy gold bullion.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 金塊(きんかい)を保管(ほかん)する: to store gold bars
  • 金塊(きんかい)の密輸(みつゆ): gold smuggling
  • 純金(じゅんきん)の金塊(きんかい): a pure-gold ingot

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 延(の)べ棒(ぼう): bar, ingot — the long bar shape specifically.
  • 地金(じがね): bullion, base metal — the raw metal as material rather than a shaped bar.
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