借り方

Japanese

Kanji in this term
借	方
か Grade: 4	かた Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

借方

Etymology

借り (“borrowing”, stem of 借りる (kariru, “to borrow”)) +‎ 方 (“direction; person”)

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi

(Tokyo) かりかた [kàríkátá] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠ɾʲika̠ta̠]

Noun

借(か)り方(かた) • (karikata)

(accounting) a debitor; a borrower

Descendants

→ Chinese: 借方 (jièfāng)[3]

See also

貸(か)し方(かた) (kashikata)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 73

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