What does capital in Japanese mean?

What is the meaning of the word capital in Japanese? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use capital in Japanese.

The word capital in Japanese means 首都 、 首府 、 州都, 中心地 、 中心, 資本(金) 、 資産 、 元金, 大文字, 大文字, 主要な、枢要な, すごい、すんげー, 柱頭, 大文字, 首都, 死刑に相当する犯罪, 重罪、大罪, 資本支出, 補助金, 大文字, 死罪、死刑、極刑, 資本分配率, 資本金, ベンチャーキャピタル、ベンチャー投資, 種子資本, 社会関係資本, 社会間接資本、社会に投資されたお金, 危険負担資本、冒険資本、ベンチャービジネス投資, 運転資金. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word capital

首都 、 首府 、 州都

(city) (都市)

マドリッドはスペインの首都です。
Madrid is the capital of Spain.

中心地 、 中心

(figurative (centre)

ニューヨークは世界金融の中心地です。
New York is the financial capital of the world.

資本(金) 、 資産 、 元金

(money) (金融)

彼が事業を拡大できるよう銀行は彼に元金(or: 資本金)を貸してくれた。
The bank lent him the capital to expand his business.

大文字

(upper-case letter) (文字)

すべての文章は大文字で始まる。
All sentences start with a capital.

大文字

(capital letters)

Please write your name in capitals.

主要な、枢要な

(rare (leading)

The Royal Shakespeare Company is one of the capital theatre groups of England.

すごい、すんげー

(dated, humorous (excellent) (口語)

That's a capital idea!

柱頭

(column) (建築)

Is the capital on that column Doric, Ionic or Corinthian?

大文字

(abbreviation (capital letters)

The title of the book should be in caps.

首都

(country's main town)

The capital city of England is London.

死刑に相当する犯罪

(literal (crime punishable by death) (犯罪)

Murder is a capital crime in countries with a death penalty.

重罪、大罪

(figurative (offence: serious) (比喩)

資本支出

(spending: adds to value)

補助金

(government funding)

大文字

(often plural (alphabet: upper-case) (アルファベット)

Sentences must start with a capital letter and end with a full stop.

死罪、死刑、極刑

(death penalty)

Some countries don't have a death penalty as they do not believe in capital punishment.

資本分配率

(company's stock)

資本金

(company: issued shares)

ベンチャーキャピタル、ベンチャー投資

(econ: money invested in a new venture)

Entrepreneurs are finding risk capital increasingly difficult to come by.

種子資本

(small sum invested in new business)

Most of the seed capital for Mike's startup came from his friends and family.

社会関係資本

(value of contact with other people)

社会間接資本、社会に投資されたお金

(money invested in the community)

危険負担資本、冒険資本、ベンチャービジネス投資

(investment in new enterprises)

Many companies that set out to raise venture capital fail in their efforts.

運転資金

(business: available assets) (経営)

The company was incorporated with a working capital of £2000.

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