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払い戻す (はらいもどす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

払はらい戻もどす

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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godan verb (-su), transitive verb

refund; repay; reimburse

Used for returning money that was paid, such as a deposit, overcharge, or ticket refund.

切きっ符ぷを払はらい戻もどしてもらえますか。
Can I get a refund for the ticket?
過か払ばらい金きんを払はらい戻もどす

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I went through the procedure to get the overpayment refunded.

Written forms

払はらい戻もどすUsage78%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
払はらい戻もどすUsage16%
Variant without okurigana い; less common but still used.
払はらいもどすUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form mixing kanji and kana; not a standard spelling.

Kanji

払pay, clear out, prune
戻re-, return, revert

Similar words

返へん金きんする
返金する is a more general term for returning money, while 払い戻す specifically refers to refunding a payment that was already made, often through a formal process.
返かえす
返す is a broad verb for returning something; 払い戻す is limited to monetary refunds.

Etymology

Compound of 払い (continuative form of 払う 'to pay') and 戻す 'to return'.