How to say "charge" in Japanese

• 保管ほかんJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'charge' in the sense of custody or safekeeping — something being kept in someone's care, as when you leave luggage or documents with someone for keeping.
  領収書りょうしゅうしょは必かならず保管ほかんしてください。↗

  Make sure you save the receipt.
• チャージCommon
  noun, suru verbThe loanword for the electrical sense: charging or recharging a battery or device. It does not serve for fees, custody, or loading a weapon.
• 料りょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun (suffix), nounNames a fee, charge, or rate, but standing alone it is seldom the word you want; it works chiefly as a building block inside fee words, where 料金 is the usual choice.
  貴重きちょうな思い出おもいで料りょうとしては安やすいものですよ。↗

  That'll make for a memorable time.
• 込めるこめるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbHere 'charge' is the verb for loading a weapon: to charge a gun is to load it. It never covers fees, batteries, or safekeeping.
  彼かれはこの銃じゅうに弾丸だんがんを込こめたままにしている。↗

  He keeps this gun loaded.
• 料金りょうきんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounCovers 'charge' as money: a fee or fare paid for a service or for transport. When you mean a charge you must pay, this is the word to use.
  料金りょうきんは会計かいけい係かかりへ払はらって下ください。↗

  Pay your dues to the treasurer.

'Charge' splits by sense: 料金 for a fee or fare you pay, 保管 for safekeeping, 「チャージ」 for recharging a battery, 「込める」 for loading a gun; 料 appears chiefly inside fee words.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 保管ほかんcharge
• チャージcharge (electrical)
• 料りょうfee
• 込めるこめるto load (a gun, etc.)
• 料金りょうきんfee
• 請求せいきゅうclaim
• 突撃とつげきcharge
• 係かかりcharge
• つっこみthrust
• 容疑ようぎsuspicion
• 代金だいきんprice
• 進撃しんげきadvance
• 突進とっしんrush
• 委任いにんentrusting
• 告訴こくそaccusation
• 受け持ちうけもちcharge (of something)
• 電荷でんかelectric charge
• 任にんobligation
• 工賃こうちんlabor cost
• 代価だいかprice
• 罪名ざいめいname of a crime
• 手数料てすうりょう(handling) fee
• 襲撃しゅうげき(surprise) attack
• 代だいcharge
• 課金かきんcharging (a fee)
• 賃ちんhire (charge)
• 突っかかるつっかかるto charge
• お代おだいcharge (for admission, a meal, etc.)
• 訴因そいんcharge
• 付け出すつけだすto charge
• 罪するつみするto charge
• 係がかりcharge
• 凸るとつるto charge
• 凸するとつするto charge
• 手間賃てまちんpayment (for labour)
• かどgrounds
• 申し受けるもうしうけるto ask for (e.g. a fee)
• 手間代てまだいpayment (for labour)
• 工料こうりょうlabor cost
• 罪状ざいじょう(nature of a) crime
• 手間てまpayment (for labour)
• 着せるきせるto pin (e.g. a crime on someone)
• 付け替えるつけかえるto reassign (an expense)
• 取るとるto charge
• 難なんcriticism
• 掛かりかかりcharge