間ま借がり

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

間借りする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to renting a room in someone else's house or apartment, not a whole unit. Often used with する.

〈人ひと〉の家いえに間ま借がりするto rent a room in someone's house
大だい学がく時じ代だいは先せん生せいの家いえに間ま借がりしていた。
During my university years, I rented a room in my professor's house.
間ま借がり先さきを探さがすto look for a room to rent
引ひっ越こしのために間ま借がり先さきを探さがしている。
I'm looking for a room to rent because I'm moving.
〈場ば所しょ〉で間ま借がりするto lodge or rent a room at a place
この店みせは美び容よう院いんの一いっ角かくで間ま借がりして営えい業ぎょうしている。
This shop operates out of a rented corner space inside a beauty salon.

下げ宿しゅくN4
下宿 usually means boarding at a landlord's house with meals included (often for students), while 間借り just means renting a room, with no implication of meals or long-term boarding.
賃ちん貸たいN2
賃貸 is a broader term for renting property such as a whole apartment or house, while 間借り specifically means renting just a room within someone else's home.

間ま貸がし
間借り is done from the tenant's perspective (renting a room), while 間貸し is done from the landlord's perspective (renting out a room).

Compound of 間 (ma, 'space/room') and 借り (kari, 'borrowing/renting'), literally 'borrowing a room'.