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支払い (しはらい, shiharai) Japanese meaning: payment | Kotomora
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Usage patterns 支し 払はら いをする to make a payment
Please make the payment by next month.
支し 払はら いを 済す ませる to finish/complete a payment
We settled the hotel payment before leaving.
支し 払はら いが 遅おく れる a payment is late/overdue
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
The company demanded payment from the customer.
Kanji 支 branch, support, sustain Related words· 10 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.
精算 means calculating and settling an exact final amount (like adjusting a train fare), whereas 支払い simply means making a payment.
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.
Show 6 more 返済 narrowly means repaying a loan or borrowed money, while 支払い covers paying any bill or amount owed.
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.
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.
支払い is the general word for any payment, while 納入 specifically refers to formal, often obligatory remittances like taxes or tuition.
Opposites· 7 受取 means receiving money, the opposite side of a transaction from 支払い, which means paying money out.
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.
請求 is the act of demanding payment, while 支払い is the act of actually making that payment.
Show 4 more Don't confuse with 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.
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.
支払い is a general word for any kind of payment, while 利払い specifically refers to paying interest on a debt.
Written forms 支し 払はら い Usage 52%
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
支し 払はらい Usage 48%
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.
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.
支払い means making a payment, the direct opposite of 不払い, which means not paying at all.
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.
支払い is paying money out, while 返金 is money being paid back, so they describe opposite directions of the same transaction.
領収 refers to receiving money, whereas 支払い refers to paying it out, the opposite side of the same transaction.
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bill payable; account payable
number of payments; number of instalments
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settled; paid
factor payment
electronic payment
payment method
