貸かし元もと

noun

financier; lender; financial backer

Refers to a person or entity that provides funds, often in a business or investment context. Can be used for both legal and informal lending.

• 彼かれは新しん事じ業ぎょうの貸かし元もとを探さがしている。

  He is looking for a financial backer for his new business.

• そのプロジェクトの貸かし元もとは地じ元もとの銀ぎん行こうだ。

  The lender for that project is a local bank.

noun

gambling boss; head of a gambling house

Specifically refers to the person who runs an illegal gambling operation, providing the bank and overseeing the games. Often associated with yakuza or underground gambling dens.

• 警けい察さつは賭と博ばく場じょうの貸かし元もとを逮たい捕ほした。

  The police arrested the gambling boss of the illegal casino.

• 貸かし元もとは胴どう元もととして賭かけ金きんを管かん理りする。

  The head of the gambling house manages the bets as the banker.