支し払はらい

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

noun

payment

General term for payment of money, bills, or debts. Used in both everyday and business contexts.

家や賃ちんの支し払はらいを忘わすれないでください。
Please don't forget the rent payment.
クレジットカードでの支し払はらいは可か能のうですか。
Is payment by credit card possible?

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Usage patterns

支し払はらいをするto make a payment
来らい月げつまでに支し払はらいをしてください。
Please make the payment by next month.
支し払はらいを済すませるto finish/complete a payment
ホテルの支し払はらいを済すませてから出しゅっ発ぱつした。
We settled the hotel payment before leaving.
支し払はらいが遅おくれるa payment is late/overdue
今こん月げつは支し払はらいが遅おくれてしまった。
My payment was late this month.
〈人ひと〉に支し払はらいを求もとめるto demand payment from someone
会かい社しゃは顧こ客きゃくに支し払はらいを求もとめた。
The company demanded payment from the customer.

Expressions

支し払はらいを拒こばむrefuse to pay; decline payment

Kanji

支branch, support, sustain
払pay, clear out, prune

Related words· 10

決けっ済さい
決済 is a more formal financial term for settling a transaction (often electronic or business), while 支払い is the everyday word for paying money owed.
払はらいN1
払い is a more general noun for payment often used in compounds like 現金払い, while 支払い specifically refers to the act of paying money that is owed.
精せい算さんN3
精算 means calculating and settling an exact final amount (like adjusting a train fare), whereas 支払い simply means making a payment.
支し出しゅつN3
支出 is the broader term for any expenditure of money, while 支払い specifically refers to paying off a bill or debt owed.

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返へん済さいN2
返済 narrowly means repaying a loan or borrowed money, while 支払い covers paying any bill or amount owed.
納のう付ふ
支払い is the general everyday word for paying money, while 納付 is a formal term used for official payments such as taxes or fees.
納のう金きん
支払い is the broad, everyday word for paying money, while 納金 is more administrative and stresses paying an amount into a specified place or account.
納のう入にゅうN1
支払い is the general word for any payment, while 納入 specifically refers to formal, often obligatory remittances like taxes or tuition.
弁べん済さいN1
支払い is the general term for making any payment, whereas 弁済 specifically means discharging an obligation like a debt or claim.
支し給きゅうN2
支払い focuses on the act of paying money owed (e.g. for goods or services), while 支給 emphasizes an organization granting money, goods, or allowances to individuals under it.

Opposites· 7

受うけ取とりN3
受取 means receiving money, the opposite side of a transaction from 支払い, which means paying money out.
払はらい戻もどしN3
支払い is the act of paying money out, the opposite direction of money flow from 払い戻し, which is getting money back.
請せい求きゅうN3
請求 is the act of demanding payment, while 支払い is the act of actually making that payment.

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不ふ払ばらい
支払い means making a payment, the direct opposite of 不払い, which means not paying at all.
集しゅう金きんN2
支払い is the act of paying money, the opposite side of the transaction from 集金, which is the act of collecting it.
返へん金きんN2
支払い is paying money out, while 返金 is money being paid back, so they describe opposite directions of the same transaction.
領りょう収しゅうN2
領収 refers to receiving money, whereas 支払い refers to paying it out, the opposite side of the same transaction.

Don't confuse with

入にゅう金きんN1
支払い describes payment from the payer's side, whereas 入金 describes the same money arriving from the recipient's or account holder's side.
課か金きん
支払い describes paying money from the customer's side, whereas 課金 describes the provider charging or the act of a game-related purchase, so the perspective differs.
利り払ばらい
支払い is a general word for any kind of payment, while 利払い specifically refers to paying interest on a debt.

Counted with

回かいN4
支払い is counted with 回 when referring to the number of times a payment is made, as in 支払いの回数.

Word family· 14

支し払はらい人にん
payer
事じ前ぜん支し払はらい
advance payment; prepayment
利り子し支し払はらい
interest payment
支し払はらい勘かん定じょう
bill payable; account payable
支し払はらい回かい数すう
number of payments; number of instalments

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Written forms

支し払はらいUsage52%
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
支し払はらいUsage48%
Abbreviated kanji spelling without okurigana, often used in formal or business contexts such as invoices and accounting.

Etymology

Compound of 支 (し, 'support' or 'branch') and 払い (はらい, 'payment' or 'sweeping away'), the nominalized form of 払う (はらう, 'to pay'). The kanji 支 adds a nuance of disbursing or allocating funds.