banking
銀行業
解説 Definition
銀行や金融機関に関する産業や事業を意味します。お金の管理と融資に関わる業務全般です。
Banking is the business and system of keeping, lending, and managing money through banks. It is commonly used when talking about financial services such as savings, loans, payments, and investment.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
bank を知っていれば、banking は「銀行で行うこと全般」から「銀行業界」まで広がる語だと捉えると覚えやすい。-ing は動作中だけでなく shopping や marketing のように「活動・業種」も作るので、banking industry, online banking, retail banking, investment banking をセットで覚えると定着する。finance は金融全般だが、banking は預金・送金・融資など銀行サービス寄り、という守備範囲の違いも押さえると混同しにくい。
Start from `bank`, then add `-ing`, which often makes a field or activity, like `shopping` or `marketing`. So `banking` means bank-related services or the banking industry. Remember it with common pairs such as `online banking`, `retail banking`, and `investment banking`.
例文
Banking services are essential for modern economies.
銀行業のサービスは現代経済に不可欠です。
He has a career in banking and finance.
彼は銀行業と金融でキャリアを積んでいます。
The banking industry faced significant challenges this year.
銀行業は今年大きな課題に直面しました。
banking の類義語・関連語
banking の語源・成り立ち Etymology
bankingはイタリア語 banca（両替商の台・bench）に由来し、中世の両替商が長台で取引したことから銀行業の意味に発展した。接尾辞 -ing で「業務・行為」を表す。関連語: bank, bankrupt（banco rotta＝壊れた台）。
Banking comes from "bank," which entered English from Italian "banca," meaning a bench or counter. In the Middle Ages, money changers and lenders did business on benches, so the word for the bench came to mean the business itself. The ending "-ing" makes it mean the activity or work of a bank. A related word is "bankrupt," from Italian words meaning "broken bench."
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