How to say "tax" in Japanese

• 税金ぜいきんJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe common word for tax in its basic sense: money that people and businesses pay to the government. This is what you want in most talk and writing about taxes.
  新あたらしい税金ぜいきんがワインにかせられた。↗

  A new tax was imposed on wine.
• 税ぜいJLPT N3approx.
  noun, suffixA less common word for tax. For taxes as money, 税金 is the usual choice; on its own, 税 is met mainly as part of the names of particular taxes.
  タバコにかけられている税ぜいは高たかい。↗

  There is a heavy tax on tobacco.
• タックス
  nounA loanword rendering of tax. For taxes as money it is seldom the word you want; use 税金 instead, as this borrowing appears mainly in set expressions.
• 負担をかけるふたんをかける
  expression, ichidan verbThe verb sense of tax: to put a burden on something, such as someone's strength, so as to strain it. It has nothing to do with taxes paid to the government.
  両親りょうしんにこれ以上いじょう負担ふたんをかけたくない。↗

  I don't want to be any more burden to my parents.

For tax as money paid to the government, use the common word 税金; 税 appears chiefly in the names of particular taxes and 「タックス」 mainly in set expressions, while 「負担をかける」 covers the verb sense of taxing someone's strength.

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• 税金ぜいきんtax
• 税ぜいtax
• タックスtax
• 負担をかけるふたんをかけるto put a burden on