In Japanese, "golden" is 金 (kin). It is a adjective pronounced "kee-n".
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金 is written in kanji. Romanised as kin, it sounds roughly like "kee-n" to an English ear.
金メダルは金色に輝いています。
Kin medaru wa kiniro ni kagayaite imasu.
The gold medal is gleaming gold.
Kin (金) means gold. It also serves as the kanji for money and appears in the word for Friday (金曜日). Gold is associated with achievement and appears in temple decoration and traditional crafts.
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Buy on Steam金 is romanised as kin. Say it roughly like "kee-n" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
金 is a na-adjective or noun-adjective. It is neutral in register and fits naturally in both casual and polite sentences. Add na before a noun, or use desu for a polite predicate.
金 is written using kanji. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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