払い|はらいharai[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounpayment; bill; account
   これは、会社かいしゃ払はらいだ。↗

   Charge this to my company.

   この小切手こぎっては持参じさん人払ひとばらいだ。↗

   This check is payable to the bearer.
2. nounsweeping; clearing away
3. nounsweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
   漢字かんじを書かくときは点てんやはらいに気きをつけて、なるべく早はやくていねいに書かきましょう。↗

   When drawing kanji be careful of dots and sweeps, write as carefully and quickly as possible.

• Synonym支払いしはらいNeutralThe most widely used term for payment and the formal choice; 「払い」 is mostly for compounds or casual speech, as in 「現金払い」 and 「後払い」.
• SynonymペイメントNeutralA loanword for payment, seen mostly in the names of electronic payment services.
• Related納入のうにゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for paying taxes and fees or delivering goods, as in 「納入期限」; typical of official documents.
• Related納付のうふWrittenA written/formal term for paying taxes and the like, stressing payment as required, as in 「税金の納付」.
• Related納金のうきんWrittenA written/formal word for money paid in or due; uncommon, leaning to official documents.
• Related払い込みはらいこみNeutralPaying money into a designated institution, account, or counter, as in 「保険料の払い込み」; the focus is on paying in.
• Related払い出しはらいだしNeutralPaying or disbursing money out, such as refunding a deposit; a financial term with the focus on paying out.
• Relatedお代おだいNeutralA polite, colloquial word for charges such as a meal or an admission fee, as in 「お代はいりません」.
• Antonym受け取りうけとりNeutralReceiving money or goods; the opposite side of 「払い」 as paying, as in 「受け取り証」.
• Antonym入金にゅうきんNeutralMoney coming in or being credited to an account; the opposite of 「払い」 as money going out, as in 「入金確認」.

For payment, 「払い」 works mostly in compounds or casual speech — 「カード払い」「分割払い」「払いが悪い」. Say 「支払い」 for the formal, general term, 「納付」 for paying taxes, and 「払い込み」 for paying money in. The opposites are 「受け取り」 and 「入金」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 金銭きんせんの支払しはらい。
2. 不要品ふようひんの売り渡うりわたし。
3. 右上みぎうえから左下ひだりした、または左上ひだりうえから右下みぎしたへ曲まげて引ひく漢字かんじの筆画ひっかく。左払ひだりはらいと右払みぎはらい。