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負債 (ふさい, fusai) Japanese meaning: debt | Kotomora
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The company is saddled with a large amount of debt.
They sold assets to repay their liabilities.
Usage patterns 負ふ 債さい を 抱かか える to be burdened with debt
The company is burdened with a huge debt.
負ふ 債さい を 返へん 済さい する to repay a debt
He paid off his debt over several years.
負ふ 債さい がかさむ for debt to pile up
Because of the business troubles, the debt kept piling up.
負ふ 債さい を 清せい 算さん する to settle/liquidate a debt
The company settled its debts and avoided bankruptcy.
Related words 借金 is the everyday word for borrowing or owing money personally, while 負債 is the formal accounting/business term for liabilities.
債務 stresses the legal obligation to pay under a contract, whereas 負債 describes the overall financial state of owing money.
負債 refers narrowly to debts on a balance sheet, whereas ライアビリティー can cover any kind of legal or financial obligation.
Opposites 資産 (assets) is the accounting opposite of 負債 (liabilities) on a balance sheet.
資本 represents the funds a business owns or has invested, while 負債 represents the debts or liabilities it owes.
Etymology Compound of 負 (fu, 'bear, owe') and 債 (sai, 'debt, loan'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of carrying debt.
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sleep debt; sleep deficit
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total liabilities; aggregate amount of indebtedness
oxygen debt
technical debt; design debt; code debt
interest-bearing debt; interest-bearing liabilities
