How to say "foreclosure" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- 差し押さえさしおさえnoun, suru verb, transitive verbThe general word for seizure or attachment of property; it also covers foreclosure, where property is taken over unpaid debts, and it is the common word of the three.
- 抵当流れていとうながれnounForeclosure in the sense of property forfeited to a lender because a mortgage went unpaid; a less common word than 差し押さえ for this situation.
- 質流れしちながれno-adjectiveForfeiting a pawned item by failing to redeem it; its 'foreclosure' sense is marginal, so it is seldom the word you want for foreclosure proper.
For foreclosure as a seizure or attachment, use 「差し押さえ」; 「抵当流れ」 is the less common word for property lost through an unpaid mortgage, while 「質流れ」 concerns pawned items and only marginally means foreclosure.
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