Vocabulary You Need at the Bank in Japan

Vocabulary you need at the bank in Japan

WHEN YOU NEED TO GO TO THE BANK

銀行（ぎんこう） : A bank

窓口（まどぐち）: The counter

銀行員（ぎんこういん）: A bank clerk

金庫（きんこ）:A safe, a fund

貸金庫（かしきんこ）:A safe deposit box

印鑑（いんかん）:A personal seal (used for paperwork)

口座（こうざ）: A bank account

口座番号（こうざばんごう）: An account number

番号札（ばんごうふだ）: A numbered ticket (for queuing)

キャッシュカード: A cash card

貸金（かしきん）:Money lent

ローン: A loan (for property or goods)

借金（しゃっきん）: A debt

返済（へんさい）: Repaying (a bank debt)

引き出し（ひきだし）: Withdrawing cash from an account

預け入れ（あずけいれ）: Paying cash into an account

振込（ふりこみ）:Paying through a bank account

振替（ふりかえ）:Transferring money from your own account to another

残高（ざんだか）: The balance in an account

残高照会（ざんだかしょうかい）: A balance enquiry

暗証番号（あんしょうばんごう）: A PIN, a password 現金（げんきん）: Cash

預金（よきん）:Depositing money (into your own account), a deposit

送金（そうきん）: A money transfer

記帳（きちょう）: The record of payments in and out of an account

通帳（つうちょう）: A bank book

両替（りょうがえ）: Changing money

外貨両替（がいかりょうがえ）:Changing foreign currency

手数料（てすうりょう）: A service charge

振込手数料（ふりこみてすうりょう）: The charge for a transfer

1. Japanese conversation at the bank – opening an account / getting a card.

– I would like to open a bank account.
口座を開きたいですが
kouza wo hirakitaidesuga

– I would like to open an ordinary savings account / a cheque account.
普通預金口座/小切手口座を作りたいですが
Futsū yokin kōza /kogitte kōza wo tsukuritai desu ga

– I would like a credit card for paying later / a debit card for paying in advance.
クレジットカード/ デビットカードを作りたいですが
kurejitto ka-do/ debitto ka-do wo tsukuritai desuga

– I would like this account in both our names, my husband's and mine.
この口座は夫婦共有の名義にしたいのですが
kono kōza wa fūfu kyōyū no meigi ni shi tai no desu ga

– I would like an ATM card.
キャッシュカードを作りたいですが
kyasshukādo o tsukuritai desuga

– I have lost my ATM card; I would like a new one.
ATMカードをなくしましたので、新しいカードを作りたいですが。
AMT ka-do wo nakushimashita no de, atarashi ka-do wo tsukuritai desuga

– What is the minimum balance / the opening charge?
預け入れ最低額手/数料はいくらですか
azukeire saitei gaku /tesūryō wa ikura desu ka

2. Japanese conversation at the bank – transactions.

– I would like to withdraw money
お金を引き出したいのですが
okanewo hikidashi tai no desu ga

– I would like to pay money into the bank
お金を預け入れたいのですが
okanewo azukeire tai no desu ga

– I would like to send money abroad.
海外に送金したいのですが
kaigai ni sōkin shi tai no desu ga

– I would like to check the balance left in my account.
残高を確認したいのですが
Zandaka o kakunin shi tai no desu ga

– The money has not been paid into my account.
お金が振り込まれていません
okane ga furikomare te imasen

– Could you check it for me, please.
調べてください
shirabe te kudasai

– Could you check for me whether this cheque has been paid.
この小切手が支払われかどうか調べてください
kono kogitte ga shiharaware ka dō ka shirabe te kudasai

– This cheque is payable at…
この小切手の支払先は。。。です
kono kogitte no shiharai saki wa. . . desu

– Could you cash this cheque for me, please.
この小切手を現金にしてください
kono kogitte o genkin ni shi te kudasai

– Could you cash this traveller's cheque for me, please.
このトラベラーズチェックを現金にしてください
kono toraberāzuchekku o genkin ni shi te kudasai

– Could you give me some small change along with the notes, please.
小銭も混ぜてください
kozeni mo maze te kudasai

Changing money:

– I would like to buy dollars.
ドルを買いたいですが
doru wo kaitai desuga

– How many yen to the dollar?
1ドル何円ですか
1 doru nan en desu ka

-Could you change this money into yen / into dollars for me, please.
これを日本円/ドルに両替してください
kore o nihonen/ doru ni ryōgae shi te kudasai

– Could you tell me the opening hours of this bank, please.
こちらの銀行の営業時間を教えてください
kochira no ginkō no eigyō jikan o oshie te kudasai

Other :
– I would like to sign up for internet banking.
インターネットバンキングを申し込みたいですが
inta-netto bankingu wo mousikomitai desuga

– I would like to stop my internet banking.
インターネットバンキングをやめたいですが
inta-netto bankingu wo yametaidesuga

– I would like a token card.
トークンカードを作りたいですが
to-kun ka-do wo tsukuritai desuga

SOURCE: COLLECTED

See also:
Japanese Vocabulary for the Food Processing Trade
Japanese Vocabulary for Scaffolding