借り

Japanese

Alternative forms
  • 借 (more common as an abbreviation)

Etymology
Kanji in this term
借
か
Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Originally the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of classical verb 借る (karu, “to borrow”), now also the 連用形 (ren'yōkei) of modern verb 借りる (kariru, “to borrow”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

借(か)り • (kari) 

  1. borrowing, a debt, a loan (for the borrower, not the lender)
  2. (obsolete) in the Edo period, a system for arranging house calls by prostitutes
  3. (accounting, abbreviation) borrower, debtor: short for 借方(かりかた) (karikata)

Antonyms

(borrowing, debt): 貸(か)し (kashi): lending, a credit, a loan (for the lender, not the borrower)

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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