CEFR C1
bullion
Translation
地金 / 金塊 / 銀塊
Meaning
Bullion is gold or silver kept in bulk form, such as bars or coins, valued mainly for the metal itself. It is investment and precious-metal vocabulary, not soup vocabulary.
Examples
- その銀行は地下金庫に金地金を保管している。
The bank stores gold bullion in an underground vault. - 投資家はインフレ対策として銀地金を購入した。
Investors bought silver bullion as protection against inflation.