仮か借しゃく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

pardon; excuse; extenuation

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.

• 裁さい判ばん官かんは情じょう状じょうを考こう慮りょして仮か借しゃくした。

  The judge pardoned him in consideration of the circumstances.

• 彼かれの過あやまちを仮か借しゃくする余よ地ちはない。

  There is no room to excuse his mistake.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

borrowing

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.

• 彼かれは友ゆう人じんから金かねを仮か借しゃくした。

  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

• 「来らい」という字じは本ほん来らいは麦むぎの意い味みだったが、仮か借しゃくによって「来くる」の意い味みに使つか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'.