- gennama cold cash, hard cash
Slang, used in casual speech or crime/yakuza contexts; emphasizes physical banknotes, unlike neutral 現金.
現ナマで払ってくれ。
Gennama de haratte kure.
Pay me in cash.
彼は現ナマを好む。
Kare wa gennama o konomu.
He prefers hard cash.
⚖️ 現金 is the neutral term; 現ナマ is rougher and often implies illicit or large cash.
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