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.