支し払はらい

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

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noun

payment

General term for payment of money, bills, or debts. Used in both everyday and business contexts.

家や賃ちんの支し払はらいを忘わすれないでください。
Please don't forget the rent payment.
クレジットカードでの支し払はらいは可か能のうですか。
Is payment by credit card possible?

Written forms

支し払はらいUsage52%
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
支し払はらいUsage48%
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana, often used in formal or business contexts such as invoices and accounting.

Kanji

支branch, support, sustain
払pay, clear out, prune

Similar words

払はらい
払い is a more general noun meaning 'payment' or 'settlement', often used in compounds like 現金払い (cash payment). 支払い specifically refers to the act of paying money owed.
支し払はらう
支払う is the verb 'to pay', while 支払い is the noun form. 支払いをする is a common phrase meaning 'to make a payment'.

Etymology

Compound of 支 (し, 'support' or 'branch') and 払い (はらい, 'payment' or 'sweeping away'), the nominalized form of 払う (はらう, 'to pay'). The kanji 支 adds a nuance of disbursing or allocating funds.