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還付 (かんぷ, kanpu) Japanese meaning: return | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 還付する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 還付かんぷ する 還付かんぷ しない Polite 還付かんぷ します 還付かんぷ しません Past polite 還付かんぷ しました 還付かんぷ しませんでした Past 還付かんぷ した 還付かんぷ しなかった Te-form 還付かんぷ して 還付かんぷ しないで Desire 還付かんぷ したい 還付かんぷ したくない Potential 還付かんぷ できる 還付かんぷ できない Passive 還付かんぷ される 還付かんぷ されない Causative 還付かんぷ させる 還付かんぷ させない Causative passive 還付かんぷ させられる 還付かんぷ させられない Volitional 還付かんぷ しよう Polite volitional 還付かんぷ しましょう Imperative 還付かんぷ しろ 還付かんぷ するな Conditional 還付かんぷ すれば 還付かんぷ しなければ Tara conditional 還付かんぷ したら 還付かんぷ しなかったら
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ぜい
務む
署しょ
から
所しょ
得とく
税ぜい
の
還かん
付ぷ
を
受う
け
た
。
I received an income tax refund from the tax office.
It took several months for the overpayment to be refunded.
Usage patterns 〈 物も 〉 の 還付〉のかんぷ を 受う ける to receive a refund of something
還付かんぷ を 申請しんせい する to apply for a refund
I applied for a refund of the overpaid amount.
〈 物もの〉 〉 が 還付かんぷ される for something to be refunded
The excess insurance premium was refunded.
Kanji 付 adhere, attach, refer to Related words 返金 is the everyday word for refunding money in a business transaction, while 還付 is the formal legal/tax term used when an authority returns money or property to its rightful owner.
払い戻し covers everyday refunds or withdrawals such as ticket refunds or bank withdrawals, whereas 還付 specifically refers to an official body returning money, often as a tax refund.
返還 broadly means returning something (money, land, rights) to its original owner or state, while 還付 is narrower, usually referring specifically to a refund of overpaid money like taxes.
Don't confuse with 交付 means to issue or grant something (like a certificate or subsidy) to someone, whereas 還付 means to return money that was already paid, so despite sharing 付 they describe opposite directions of transfer.
給付 means to pay out a benefit or allowance (e.g. an insurance payout), while 還付 specifically means returning an overpayment, such as a tax refund.
Word family tax refund
refund; reimbursement
tax refund
Etymology Compound of 還 (return, send back) and 付 (attach, grant). The combination conveys the idea of granting something back to its original holder.
