JapanLingo

貯金ちょきん

chokin

saving money

N3

How to remember this word

Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “saving money” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 貯金 to that exact scene.

Example sentences

Example 1

shourai no tame ni chokin shiteimasu.

I am saving money for the future.

Example 2

maitsuki sukoshizutsu chokin suru you ni shiteimasu.

I make a point of saving a little money every month.