also: かしゃ
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Only with reading かしゃく
Formal or literary term for forgiving or excusing a fault; often used in legal or serious contexts. The する form means to pardon or to make allowances for.
裁判官は情状を考慮して仮借した。
The judge pardoned him in consideration of the circumstances.
彼の過ちを仮借する余地はない。
There is no room to excuse his mistake.
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Only with reading かしゃく
Rare, formal term for borrowing something, especially money or goods. The する form means to borrow. Not used in everyday conversation; 借りる is the common word.
彼は友人から金を仮借した。
He borrowed money from a friend.
noun
phonetic loan character; loangraph
Technical term in Chinese character studies: one of the 六書 (six categories of Chinese characters), referring to a character borrowed for its sound to represent a different word. Not used in general language.
See also: 六書
「来」という字は本来は麦の意味だったが、仮借によって「来る」の意味に使われるようになった。
The character 来 originally meant 'wheat', but through phonetic loan it came to be used for the meaning 'to come'.