引き落とし
Meanings
1
debit; withdrawal; automatic payment
Commonly refers to automatic bank account debits for bills, subscriptions, or loan repayments. Often used in compound phrases like 口座引き落とし.
Utility bills are debited from my account every month.
Please check the debit date.
2
frontal pull-down; hiki-otoshi
Sumo technique where the attacker pulls the opponent down from the front. Rare outside sumo contexts.
He defeated his opponent with a frontal pull-down.
Usage patterns
- 〈物〉の引き落としautomatic debit for (a bill, fee, etc.)
The electricity bill is automatically debited on the 27th of every month.
- 引き落としにするto set (a payment) up as an automatic debit
I set up my phone bill to be paid by automatic debit.
- 引き落としができないthe automatic debit fails (e.g. due to insufficient funds)
There wasn't enough money in the account, so the automatic debit failed.