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支払い方法 (しはらいほうほう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

支し払はらい方ほう法ほう

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Meanings

1

Refers to the means by which a payment is made, such as cash, credit card, bank transfer, etc.

お支し払はらい方ほう法ほうは現げん金きんのみとなっております

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The only accepted payment method is cash.

オンラインでの支し払はらい方ほう法ほうを教おしえてください。

Please tell me the online payment methods.

Usage patterns

支し払はらい方ほう法ほうを選えらぶto choose a payment method
注ちゅう文もんの際さいに支し払はらい方ほう法ほうを選えらんでください。
Please choose a payment method when placing your order.
支し払はらい方ほう法ほうを変へん更こうするto change one's payment method
支し払はらい方ほう法ほうをクレジットカードから銀ぎん行こう振ふり込こみに変へん更こうした。
支し払はらい方ほう法ほうを確かく認にんするto check/confirm the payment method
ご注ちゅう文もん前まえに支し払はらい方ほう法ほうをご確かく認にんください。
Please check your payment method before completing your order.
支し払はらい方ほう法ほうとして〈物もの〉を指し定ていするto specify X as the payment method
支し払はらい方ほう法ほうとしてクレジットカードを指し定ていした。
I specified a credit card as the payment method.

Kanji

支branch, support, sustain
払pay, clear out, prune
方direction, person, alternative
法method, law, rule

Related words

決けっ済さい方ほう法ほう
決済方法 is a more formal, business/financial term for how a payment is settled, while 支払い方法 is the everyday word for the same idea, e.g. on a shopping checkout page.
払はらい方かた
払い方 is a casual, conversational way to say 'how to pay', whereas 支払い方法 is the standard term used in forms, contracts, and official settings.

Politeness

お支し払はらい方ほう法ほう
お支払い方法 adds the polite お prefix used in customer-facing contexts like invoices or checkout pages, while 支払い方法 is the neutral, everyday term used internally or casually.

Word family

お支し払はらい方ほう法ほう
payment method

Built from

支し払はらう+方ほう法ほう

Written forms

支し払はらい方ほう法ほう
Standard spelling with okurigana; preferred in most contexts.
支し払はらい方ほう法ほう
Variant without okurigana; common in formal or technical writing.

Etymology

Compound of 支払い (payment) and 方法 (method).

I changed my payment method from credit card to bank transfer.