How to say "dun" in Japanese

• 取り立てるとりたてるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbThe verb sense: to dun is to press someone repeatedly for payment of a debt. This common verb fits when a creditor keeps demanding money owed; it can also mean to exact or extort.
  王おうは人民じんみんから税ぜいを厳きびしく取り立とりたてた。↗

  The king exacted taxes from his people.
• 催促状さいそくじょう
  nounThe noun for a dun as a letter: a written demand or reminder requesting money owed. Think of business correspondence pressing someone for payment rather than the act or the person.
• 鼠毛ねずみげ
  nounCovers only the color sense: dun as a horse's coat color. It has nothing to do with debts, so outside descriptions of horse coloring it is seldom the word you want.
• 天山遯てんざんとん
  nounThe name of hexagram 33 of the I Ching, the sense where English writes 'dun' for retreat. Only relevant when discussing the I Ching; it has no connection to debts or payment.
• 債鬼さいき
  nounThe person sense: a dun as a cruel creditor or bill collector who presses debtors for payment. A less common word, and its view of the creditor is a harsh one.

Use 「取り立てる」 for the verb of dunning a debtor, 催促状 for a dun as a demand letter, 債鬼 for the creditor as a person, 鼠毛 only for the horse coat color, and 天山遯 only for the I Ching hexagram.

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• 取り立てるとりたてるto collect (debts)
• 催促状さいそくじょうdun
• 鼠毛ねずみげdun (horse coat color)
• 天山遯てんざんとんdun (hexagram 33 of the I Ching: retreat)
• 債鬼さいきcruel creditor
• 灰褐色はいかっしょくgrey-brown