印いん紙し

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

revenue stamp; stamp

A stamp affixed to documents to show payment of a tax or fee, such as on contracts or receipts.

印いん紙し税ぜいは文ぶん書しょに印いん紙しを貼はることで納おさめます。

Stamp duty is paid by affixing a revenue stamp to the document.

〈物もの〉に印いん紙しを貼はるto affix a revenue stamp to a document
契けい約やく書しょに印いん紙しを貼はった。
I affixed a revenue stamp to the contract.
印いん紙しを買かうto buy a revenue stamp
郵ゆう便びん局きょくで印いん紙しを買かった。
I bought a revenue stamp at the post office.

収しゅう入にゅう印いん紙し
収入印紙 is the full, formal name for the same tax stamp, while 印紙 is the common shorthand used in everyday speech.

切きっ手てN5
切手 is a postage stamp for mailing letters, whereas 印紙 is a revenue stamp affixed to documents to show tax or fee payment.

枚まいN3
counter for thin, flat objects; sheet; plate; coin · serving of soba; portion of gyōza · sumo rank position; wrestler at a given rank · field; rice paddy plot · palanquin bearer

Compound of 印 (seal, stamp) and 紙 (paper), literally 'stamp paper'. The term has been used since the modern tax system was introduced in Japan.