支し払はらい不ふ能のう

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

insolvency; inability to pay

Legal and financial term for a state where debts cannot be paid when due. Often used in formal contexts such as bankruptcy proceedings.

• 会かい社しゃが支し払はらい不ふ能のうに陥おちいったため、破は産さん手て続つづきを開かい始しした。

  Because the company fell into insolvency, it began bankruptcy proceedings.

• 支し払はらい不ふ能のうの状じょう態たいが続つづけば、法ほう的てき措そ置ちを取とらざるを得えない。

  If the state of insolvency continues, we will have no choice but to take legal action.