借家人|しゃくやにんshakuyanin

1. nountenant; renter
   前まえの借家人しゃくやにんは、アパートの雑用ざつようを抜群ばつぐんによくやっていた。↗

   The previous tenant took excellent care of her apartment.

• Synonym店子たなこCasualOld-fashioned colloquial word for a tenant, traditionally paired with the landlord 「大家」; carries a rakugo, old-Edo flavor rather than modern usage.
• Synonym借り手かりてNeutralThe party who borrows money or rents a home; common in speech and not restricted to housing.
• SynonymテナントNeutralLoanword for tenants of commercial buildings such as offices and shopping centers, as in 「テナント募集」.
• Related借り主かりぬしNeutralThe borrowing party in general — money, goods or land; leans toward the borrower named in a contract and is not limited to housing.
• Related借り受け人かりうけにんWrittenWritten, formal prose for a borrower or user, found mainly in legal documents; rarely used in everyday language.
• Related下宿人げしゅくにんNeutralA lodger who boards in someone else's home, suggesting an old-style boarding house with meals included.
• Antonym家主やぬしNeutralThe landlord, the opposite side of the tenant that 「借家人」 denotes.
• Antonym貸し主かしぬしNeutralThe party who lets a house or lends money — lessor or lender — standing opposite 「借家人」.

「借家人」 is the legal term for someone renting a home to live in, as in 「借家人の権利」; in speech 「借り手」 is the everyday choice, 「テナント」 fits commercial tenants, and 「店子」 is old-fashioned. For the landlord's side use 「家主」 or 「貸し主」.

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1. 他人たにんの家いえや建物たてものを借かりて住すんでいる人ひと。