Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 5,000 Conjugation 負担する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 負ふ 担たん する 負ふ 担たん しない Polite 負ふ 担たん します 負ふ 担たん しません Past polite 負ふ 担たん しました 負ふ 担たん しませんでした Past 負ふ 担たん した 負ふ 担たん しなかった Te-form 負ふ 担たん して 負ふ 担たん しないで Desire 負ふ 担たん したい 負ふ 担たん したくない Potential 負ふ 担たん できる 負ふ 担たん できない Passive 負ふ 担たん される 負ふ 担たん されない Causative 負ふ 担たん させる 負ふ 担たん させない Causative passive 負ふ 担たん させられる 負ふ 担たん させられない Volitional 負ふ 担たん しよう Polite volitional 負ふ 担たん しましょう Imperative 負ふ 担たん しろ 負ふ 担たん するな Conditional 負ふ 担たん すれば 負ふ 担たん しなければ Tara conditional 負ふ 担たん したら 負ふ 担たん しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 負ふ 担たん する to bear/cover (a cost or expense)
The company covers the travel expenses.
負ふ 担たん が 大おお きい the burden is heavy/large
Living alone puts a big financial burden on you.
負ふ 担たん を 軽けい 減げん する to reduce/lighten the burden
The tax reform will reduce the burden on households.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 負ふ 担たん がかかる a burden falls on someone
With more overtime, the burden is falling on the employees.
Expressions 負ふ 担たん をかける put a burden on; tax (strength, resources) Kanji 担 shouldering, carry, raise Related words· 7 重荷 evokes a concrete or emotionally heavy load one carries, while 負担 is the broader, often abstract term for financial or duty-related burdens.
責任 focuses on accountability or duty itself, whereas 負担 stresses the weight or cost of carrying that duty.
負荷 is used for technical or workload-type loads (e.g. on a machine or system), while 負担 covers everyday financial, physical, or mental burdens.
負担 is the common, general word for a burden or strain (physical or mental), while 荷重 is rarer and stresses the sheer heaviness of a tangible load or duty.
Show 3 more Show fewer 負担 refers to a burden or responsibility one must bear, while 重圧 emphasizes the intense psychological force pressing down on a person.
負担 explicitly means a duty or burden one must bear, whereas 荷 more broadly covers both physical loads and metaphorical burdens.
負担する focuses on bearing or shouldering a cost or burden, while 賄う emphasizes actively supplying what is needed to meet that cost.
Don't confuse with 分担 means to divide and share a task or cost among people, while 負担 refers to the burden itself that a single person or party bears.
負担 means a burden or load (financial or otherwise) one bears, while 負債 specifically refers to money owed as debt.
負担 shares the kanji 担 with 担当 but means a burden or load one must bear, not the role of being in charge.
Word family· 17 tax burden
cost increase; increased burden
sense of burden; feeling of being burdened
share of expenses; amount to be borne
amount to be borne; one's share of expenses
Show 5 more Show fewer debt load; debt burden
risk-bearing; assumption of risk
each person pays their own share; individual responsibility for costs
at our expense; on our risk
patient's share of medical costs; co-payment
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Etymology Compound of 負 (to bear, carry) and 担 (to shoulder, carry). The combination reinforces the idea of taking on a load or responsibility.
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