借しゃく銭せん

noun

debt; borrowed money

A somewhat formal or literary term for debt or money owed. In everyday speech, 借金 (しゃっきん) is more common.

• 彼かれは借しゃく銭せんを返かえすために必ひっ死しに働はたらいた。

  He worked desperately to repay his debts.