ローン

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to a financial loan, such as a bank loan, car loan, or mortgage. Common in compound terms like 住宅ローン (housing loan) and カーローン (car loan).

ローンを返かえすto repay a loan
毎まい月つき少すこしずつローンを返かえしている。
I'm paying back my loan little by little every month.
ローンを完かん済さいするto pay off a loan in full
去きょ年ねん、やっと住じゅう宅たくローンを完かん済さいした。
Last year I finally paid off my housing loan in full.
ローンが残のこるto have a loan balance remaining
まだ車くるまのローンが残のこっている。
There's still some balance left on my car loan.
ローンで〈物もの〉を買かうto buy something on a loan
新あたらしい車くるまをローンで買かった。
I bought a new car on a loan.

借しゃっ金きんN3
借金 is a general, often negatively-tinged word for debt or money owed, while ローン specifically refers to a structured loan with a formal repayment plan from a financial institution.
融ゆう資しN1
融資 is a formal term for financing or lending used mainly in business and banking contexts, whereas ローン is the everyday word for a consumer loan like a car or housing loan.
クレジット
ローン refers to a formal loan of money with set repayment terms, while クレジット covers deferred payment or trust-based purchasing more broadly.
貸かし金きん
ローン is the everyday, often loanword term for a loan product (like a car or home loan), while 貸金 is a more formal, Sino-Japanese term used in business or legal contexts.

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分ぶん割かつ払ばらい
ローン refers to the loan or credit arrangement itself, whereas 分割払い describes the method of paying it (or any purchase) off in parts.
奨しょう学がく金きんN3
奨学金 (in its loan sense) is specifically aid borrowed by students for education, while ローン is the general word for any borrowed loan (car, housing, etc.).
借しゃっ款かん
ローン is the common loanword for personal or commercial loans (e.g. a car or mortgage loan), whereas 借款 refers to formal, typically international or governmental lending.
貸かし付つけ
ローン describes a loan from the borrower's point of view (e.g. taking out a mortgage), while 貸付 emphasizes the lender's act of providing funds.
借かり入いれ
ローン refers to a specific loan product (e.g. a mortgage or car loan), while 借り入れ is the broader act of borrowing money in general.

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Borrowed from English 'loan'.