ツケを払う · godan verb (-u)
| Form | Positive | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | ツケを払う | ツケを払わない |
| Polite | ツケを払います | ツケを払いません |
| Past polite | ツケを払いました | ツケを払いませんでした |
| Past | ツケを払った | ツケを払わなかった |
| Te-form | ツケを払って | ツケを払わないで |
| Desire | ツケを払いたい | ツケを払いたくない |
| Potential | ツケを払える | ツケを払えない |
| Passive | ツケを払われる | ツケを払われない |
| Causative | ツケを払わせる | ツケを払わせない |
| Causative passive | ツケを払わせられるalso ツケを払わされる | ツケを払わせられないalso ツケを払わされない |
| Volitional | ツケを払おう | |
| Polite volitional | ツケを払いましょう | |
| Imperative | ツケを払え | ツケを払うな |
| Conditional | ツケを払えば | ツケを払わなければ |
| Tara conditional | ツケを払ったら | ツケを払わなかったら |
pay a bill; settle a tab; pay one's debt
Literal financial meaning: paying a bill, especially a running tab or deferred payment at a bar, restaurant, or shop.
I'll pay the tab today.
Since it was the end of the month, I went to pay my bar tab.
pay the price; face the consequences; suffer repercussions
Idiomatic use: suffering negative consequences for one's actions, similar to 'paying the price' in English.
He who committed fraud will have to pay the price someday.
If you keep living an unreasonable lifestyle, you'll pay for it with your health.