償還|しょうかんshoukan[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrepayment; redemption; amortization; amortisation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 償還する（しょうかんする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 償還します（しょうかんします） |
| Negative (nai) | 償還しない（しょうかんしない） |
| polite (masen) | 償還しません（しょうかんしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 償還せず・償還せぬ（しょうかんせず・しょうかんせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 償還した（しょうかんした） |
| polite (mashita) | 償還しました（しょうかんしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 償還しなかった（しょうかんしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 償還しませんでした（しょうかんしませんでした） |
| Te form | 償還して（しょうかんして） |
| Potential | 償還できる（しょうかんできる） |
| Passive | 償還される（しょうかんされる） |
| Causative | 償還させる（しょうかんさせる） |
| Causative passive | 償還させられる（しょうかんさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 償還すれば（しょうかんすれば） |
| tara | 償還したら（しょうかんしたら） |
| Volitional | 償還しよう（しょうかんしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 償還しましょう（しょうかんしましょう） |
| Imperative | 償還しろ（しょうかんしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym返還へんかんWrittenWritten/formal prose: returning something to its original owner, as in 「領土返還」. 「償還」 mainly repays loans and bonds, but can also cover returning borrowed land.
- Synonym償却しょうきゃくWrittenWritten/formal prose: an accounting term for depreciating or amortizing assets over time; 「償還」 is about repaying debt.
- Synonym清算せいさんWrittenWritten/formal prose: squaring accounts, and figuratively ending a relationship or burying the past; 「償還」 is repayment.
- Related還付かんぷWrittenWritten/formal prose: authorities refunding over-collected tax, as in 「還付金」; 「償還」 is repaying a debt.
- Related返却へんきゃくNeutralNeutral: returning borrowed items, as in 「本の返却」. 「償還」 is more formal and mostly refers to repaying debt.
- Related返納へんのうWrittenWritten/formal prose: handing something back to an authority, as in 「免許返納」; 「償還」 is repaying debt.
- Related払い戻すはらいもどすNeutralNeutral verb: refunding money, or a bank paying deposits back out to a customer; 「償還」 is repaying a loan.
- Related払い戻しはらいもどしNeutralNeutral noun: refunds and repayments, as in 「払い戻し手続き」; 「償還」 leans toward bond redemption.
- Related弁償べんしょうNeutralNeutral: compensating for damage or loss you have caused; 「償還」 is repaying a loan as agreed.
- Related済ますすますCasualColloquial: settling or paying off a debt, and also making do without something; 「償還」 is formal debt repayment.
- Related償うつぐなうWrittenWritten/formal prose: making up for a loss or atoning for wrongdoing; 「償還」 is repaying a loan.
- Related皆済かいさいWrittenWritten/formal prose: paying off everything in full; 「償還」 is the act of repayment itself.
- Related返戻へんれいWrittenWritten/formal prose: returning or sending something back, e.g. insurance refunds; 「償還」 is repaying debt.
- Related返付へんぷWrittenWritten/formal prose: returning money or items to their original owner; 「償還」 is repaying debt.
- Antonym借り入れかりいれNeutralAntonym: borrowing money or funds, the opposite of the repayment 「償還」 describes.
- Antonym借入しゃくにゅうWrittenAntonym, written/formal prose: an accounting term for funds taken in as loans, often written 「借入」 — the reverse of 「償還」's debt repayment.
Use 「償還」 for repaying loans or bonds and for returning borrowed property, as in 「国債の償還」. For returning objects use 「返却」; for tax refunds 「還付」; for refunds 「払い戻し」; for compensation 「弁償」. The opposite is 「借り入れ」.
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