How to say "lender" in Japanese

• 貸し手かしてCommon
  nounThe common, general word for a lender: the party that lends money and is repaid. When you simply need 'lender' in a sentence, this is the default choice.
  資金しきんの貸し手かしては高こう利益りえきの時期じきを享受きょうじゅしている。↗

  Money lenders are enjoying a profitable period.
• 貸し主かしぬし
  nounA lender or creditor, and also a word for a landlord: the owner who lets another party borrow or use what belongs to them. Less common than 貸し手.
• 貸方かしかた
  nounEssentially a bookkeeping term: the credit side of a ledger. It can also mean creditor or lender, but it is less common, and for a lender in general 貸し手 is the safer choice.
• 貸し元かしもと
  nounPresents the lender as the source of the money: a financier or financial backer behind a loan. Less common; for a plain 'lender', 貸し手 is the usual choice.

Take 「貸し手」 as the common all-purpose word for a lender; 「貸し主」 also means creditor or landlord, 「貸し元」 stresses the financier or backer behind the money, and 貸方 is the bookkeeping term for the credit side of a ledger.

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• 貸し手かしてlender
• 貸し主かしぬしlender
• 貸方かしかたcreditor
• 貸し元かしもとfinancier