Kanji1 / 10
借 kanji
borrow, rent
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 4 (elementary school)
On readings
シャク
Kun readings
かりる
Words with 借
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —相借家renting a house in the same block of houses as someone else; person who rents a house in the same block of houses as oneself
- —借金苦pain of being in debt
- —隠れ借金hidden debts
- —永代借地perpetual lease
- —借家争議tenancy troubles
- —借金取りdebt collection; debt collector
- —借用証書promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU
- —長期借款long-term credit; long-term loan
- —寸借詐欺petty swindling; petty swindler
- —仮借なきmerciless; unforgiving; ruthless; relentless
- —借入費用borrowing costs
- —翻訳借用loan translation; calque
- —借金漬けbeing deeply in debt; being up to one's ears in debt
- —消費貸借loan for consumption
- —借金返済payment of debts; repayment
- —借金地獄debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears
- —借花献仏winning favor or influence using someone else's property; plagiarism; presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers
- —定期借家fixed-term house lease
- —無断借用unauthorized borrowing; borrowing without permission; unauthorized use; misappropriation; plagiarism
- —借家住まいliving in rented quarters