{"id":3542,"date":"2014-05-20T17:41:17","date_gmt":"2014-05-20T17:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=3542"},"modified":"2018-07-25T20:27:20","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T20:27:20","slug":"what-is-secret-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/what-is-secret-money\/","title":{"rendered":"What is &#8220;Secret Money&#8221; ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, I came across this article on Yahoo Japan News that discussed about Hesokuri(\u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a), &#8220;secret money&#8221;. \u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a is the money you save secretly, without telling anyone about it, not even to your spouse. Perhaps you might have \u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a set aside already?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Average\u00a0\u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a for men: $13,600 &amp; for women:$15,500.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">This study was based on the internet research done by one of the Japanese banks. Research was based on 1000 married Japanese couples who were between 20 and 69 years old.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It is interesting to see that women (wives) shows a bit higher amount of \u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a. According to the study, most of the husband have been saving from their allowance money(Okozukai,\u304a\u5c0f\u9063\u3044\u3001\u304a\u3053\u3065\u304b\u3044). (It is pretty common in Japan for husband to receive a certain amount of &#8220;allowance&#8221; money from his wife, if she is the one taking care of their family budget or finance.) On the other hand, the study showed that it was more common for wives to have been already saving\u00a0\u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a from single days, meaning before they got married.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in reading the original article, click <a href=\"http:\/\/zasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp\/article?a=20140518-00010002-dime-bus_all\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am not sure how common it is to have\u00a0\u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a in the U.S., but I am sure some of you have been already saving\u00a0\u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Since we have discussed about money, here are some of the Japanese expressions\u00a0related to money.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Money &#8211; Okane (\u304a\u91d1\u3001\u304a\u304b\u306d)<\/p>\n<p>How much is this? -Kore wa ikura desuka? (\u3053\u308c\u306f\u3001\u3044\u304f\u3089\u3067\u3059\u304b\uff1f)<\/p>\n<p>It is 800 yen. &#8211; Sorewa 800 en desu. (\u305d\u308c\u306f\u3001\uff18\uff10\uff10\u5186\u3067\u3059\u3002)<\/p>\n<p>1,000 yen &#8211; Sen en (\u5343\u5186\u3001\u305b\u3093\u3048\u3093)<\/p>\n<p>10,000 yen &#8211; Ichi man en (\u4e00\u4e07\u5186\u3001\u3044\u3061\u307e\u3093\u3048\u3093)<\/p>\n<p>500 yen &#8211; go hyaku en (\u4e94\u767e\u5186\u3001\u3054\u3072\u3083\u304f\u3048\u3093)<\/p>\n<p>Expensive &#8211; Takai (\u9ad8\u3044\u3001\u305f\u304b\u3044)<\/p>\n<p>Cheap &#8211; Yasui(\u5b89\u3044\u3001\u3084\u3059\u3044)<\/p>\n<p>Borrow money &#8211; Okane o kariru (\u304a\u91d1\u3092\u501f\u308a\u308b\u3001\u304a\u304b\u306d\u3092\u304b\u308a\u308b)<\/p>\n<p>Lend money &#8211; Okane o kasu (\u304a\u91d1\u3092\u8cb8\u3059\u3001\u304a\u304b\u306d\u3092\u304b\u3059)<\/p>\n<p>Hide money &#8211; Okane o kakusu (\u304a\u91d1\u3092\u96a0\u3059\u3001\u304a\u304b\u306d\u3092\u304b\u304f\u3059)<\/p>\n<p>Spend money &#8211; Okane o tsukau (\u304a\u91d1\u3092\u4f7f\u3046\u3001\u304a\u304b\u306d\u3092\u3064\u304b\u3046)<\/p>\n<p>Over spend- Mudazukai suru(\u7121\u99c4\u9063\u3044\u3059\u308b\u3001\u3080\u3060\u3065\u304b\u3044\u3059\u308b)<\/p>\n<p>Save money &#8211; Chokin suru (\u8caf\u91d1\u3059\u308b\u3001\u3061\u3087\u304d\u3093\u3059\u308b)<\/p>\n<p>Make money -Okane o tsukuru (\u91d1\u3092\u3064\u304f\u308b\u3001\u304a\u304b\u306d\u3092\u3064\u304f\u308b)<\/p>\n<p>Hope this info was helpful! \u00a0Let me know if you have any questions!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/nihonen-350x263.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/nihonen-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/nihonen-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2014\/05\/nihonen.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Recently, I came across this article on Yahoo Japan News that discussed about Hesokuri(\u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a), &#8220;secret money&#8221;. \u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a is the money you save secretly, without telling anyone about it, not even to your spouse. Perhaps you might have \u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a set aside already? &nbsp; &nbsp; Average\u00a0\u3078\u305d\u304f\u308a for men: $13,600 &amp; for women:$15,500. 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