借り方

Japanese

Kanji in this term
借 方
か
Grade: 4 		かた
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
借方

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

借(か)り方(かた) • (karikata) 

  1. (accounting) a debitor; a borrower

Descendants

  • → Chinese: 借方 (jièfāng)[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 73
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