Lexical entry
バンク
banku
A financial institution or a sloped physical feature.
Business & WorkPure GairaigoSource uncertain
Meaning
A financial institution that handles money, or a physical sloped feature such as a riverbank, embankment, or the incline of a racetrack or aircraft turn.
- financial bank
- sloped bank
Examples
Example Sentences
パイロットは機体を大きくバンクさせて旋回を始めた。
The pilot banked the aircraft significantly and began to turn.
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自転車競技場の急なバンクを選手たちが駆け抜ける。
The athletes race through the steep bank of the velodrome.
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彼は外資系バンクのシステムエンジニアとして働いている。
He works as a system engineer for a foreign bank.
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Evidence and Provenance
- Data source
- JMdict_english
- Revision
- JMdict.2026-04-17
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- Active language
- English