借り手・借手|かりてkarite[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounborrower; debtor; tenant
   この家いえはすぐ借り手かりてが見みつかるでしょう。↗

   This house will let easily.

• Synonym借り主かりぬしNeutralRefers to a borrower or lessee; leans toward legal contracts, synonymous with 「借り手」 but more formal.
• Synonym店子たなこNeutralA tenant renting a house, the counterpart of 「大家」; carries an old-fashioned flavor.
• SynonymテナントNeutralLoanword for tenants of office buildings, shopping centers and the like; 「借り手」 broadly covers anyone borrowing money, things or housing.
• Synonym借家人しゃくやにんWrittenSomeone renting a house to live in; a written/formal, legal-leaning term, while 「借り手」 broadly covers anyone borrowing or renting.
• Synonym借り方かりかたNeutralMeans the debit side in accounting, also a way of borrowing; polysemous, with the emphasis on bookkeeping.
• Related借り受け人かりうけにんFormalRefers to a borrower, seen mainly in legal documents; same referent as 「借り手」 but more formal.
• Related下宿人げしゅくにんNeutralA lodger paying monthly to stay in someone's home; centers on the boarding arrangement, while 「借り手」 broadly covers anyone borrowing or renting.
• Related借人かりにんWrittenRefers to a borrower; uncommon and mostly written/formal prose, close in meaning to 「借り手」.
• Related借用者しゃくようしゃWrittenWritten/formal word for someone borrowing something; close to 「借り手」 but stresses borrowing an object for use.
• Antonym貸し手かしてNeutralThe antonym: the party lending money or things; the direct opposite of 「借り手」.

Use 「借り手」 for anyone borrowing money or things or renting housing, as in 「借り手市場」. In contracts say 「借り主」; for residential tenants say 「店子」 or 「借家人」, for commercial tenants 「テナント」; the antonym is 「貸し手」.

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1. 物ものを借かりるか、お金かねを借かりる人ひと。
2. 家いえや土地とちを借かりて住すんでいる人ひと。