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黄金 (おうごん): gold — Japanese vocabulary

黄金 is read おうごん and means "gold". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

黄金

Reading
おうごん · ougon
Translation
gold
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
おうごんが

Example

絵の中の少女は黄金ではなくて花のかんむりをかぶっています。

えのなかのしょうじょはおうごんではなくてはなのかんむりをかぶっています。

The girl in the picture is wearing a crown not of gold but of flowers.

Kanji in this word

  • 黄 — yellow
  • 金 — gold, money

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