How to say "lease" in Japanese

• リースCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbThe common word for a lease as a contract or financial arrangement — leasing a car, office equipment, or property. This is what you want for the noun 'lease' in most contexts.
• 借り入れるかりいれるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA verb for the borrower's side: to borrow money, or to take equipment or a vessel on lease or charter. Use it for the act of taking something on, not for the lease itself.
• 借り上げるかりあげるCommon
  ichidan verb, transitive verbTo take a house, building, or similar property on lease from its owner, as when an organization requisitions premises or charters a whole bus. Seldom the word for an ordinary car or equipment lease.
• 貸しかしJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounA noun for the act of lending or renting out, the lender's side of a loan. Seldom the word you want for a lease agreement — it really means lending or hire.

Use 「リース」 for a lease as a contract or arrangement; 「借り入れる」 for borrowing money or taking equipment on lease; 「借り上げる」 for taking premises or a whole vehicle from its owner; 「貸し」 is lending, not leasing.

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• リースlease
• 借り入れるかりいれるto borrow
• 借り上げるかりあげるto hire
• 貸しかしloan
• 租借そしゃくlease (of territory)
• 借地権しゃくちけんlease
• 租借権そしゃくけんlease(hold)
• 賃貸借契約ちんたいしゃくけいやくrental agreement
• 運用委託うんよういたくmandate (e.g. to use resources)