借しゃっ金きん

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

借金する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

debt; loan; borrowing money

General term for money owed or the act of borrowing money. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to borrow money' or 'to go into debt'.

Related words· 9

負ふ債さいN1sense 1
負債 is a formal accounting term for liabilities used in business contexts, while 借金 is the everyday word for personal debt or borrowing.
ローンN2sense 1
ローン refers to a structured loan such as a mortgage or car loan, while 借金 covers any kind of debt or borrowed money more broadly.
借かりN1sense 1
借り is a casual, often smaller-scale word for something owed (money or favors), while 借金 specifically means owing money.
借かり入いれ
借金 is the general, often negatively-tinged term for owed money, while 借り入れ is a neutral, formal term for the act of borrowing, especially from institutions.

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借しゃっ款かん
借金 is the everyday word for any debt or borrowed money, while 借款 is a formal term reserved for large-scale loans between governments or institutions.
借かり入いれ金きん
借金 is the everyday word for debt or money owed, while 借入金 is the formal, accounting-style term used in business and financial records.
債さい
借金 is the everyday word for personal debt or borrowing, while 債 is a formal, often bound morpheme used in financial compounds like 国債.
掛かけN1
借金 refers to debt or borrowed money in general, whereas 掛け specifically means money owed from a credit purchase or account.

Opposites· 5

貯ちょ金きんN4sense 1
貯金 means savings you have put aside, the opposite of 借金, money you owe to others.
返へん済さいN2
借金 means borrowing money or the debt itself, the opposite action to 返済, which means paying that debt back.
蓄たくわえ
借金 is money one owes, the financial opposite of 蓄え, which is money or resources one has set aside.

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