巨額

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Spelling: 巨額. Reading: きょがく. Core meaning: enormous amount; huge sum.
• Basic usage: Representative examples: 物語の商人は巨額の借金を抱えて町を去った / 設備の更新には巨額の費用が必要になる.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A scale expression for money
  • 巨額 describes an exceptionally large monetary amount, such as a debt, cost, or fund. Do not apply it to counts of people or objects merely because the number is large.