拝借|はいしゃくhaishaku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbborrowing
    ちょっとお知恵ちえを拝借はいしゃく願ねがえませんか?↗
    Could you give me some advice?
Conjugation
Dictionary form拝借する(はいしゃくする)
Polite (masu)拝借します(はいしゃくします)
Negative (nai)拝借しない(はいしゃくしない)
polite (masen)拝借しません(はいしゃくしません)
classical zu / nu拝借せず・拝借せぬ(はいしゃくせず・はいしゃくせぬ)
Past (ta)拝借した(はいしゃくした)
polite (mashita)拝借しました(はいしゃくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)拝借しなかった(はいしゃくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)拝借しませんでした(はいしゃくしませんでした)
Te form拝借して(はいしゃくして)
Potential拝借できる(はいしゃくできる)
Passive拝借される(はいしゃくされる)
Causative拝借させる(はいしゃくさせる)
Causative passive拝借させられる(はいしゃくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)拝借すれば(はいしゃくすれば)
tara拝借したら(はいしゃくしたら)
Volitional拝借しよう(はいしゃくしよう)
polite (mashou)拝借しましょう(はいしゃくしましょう)
Imperative拝借しろ(はいしゃくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym借り受けるかりうけるWrittenWritten/formal prose; to borrow or rent, often in business contexts, with no humble nuance. 「拝借」 humbly frames borrowing and can also be used half-jokingly.
  • Synonym借りるかりるNeutralThe everyday, neutral word for borrowing, usable with anyone and carrying no honorific tone; 「拝借」 is the humble way to say it.
  • Synonym借り出すかりだすNeutralA neutral verb for borrowing something out from a library or similar, with the focus on the act of taking it out.
  • Synonym借り入れるかりいれるWrittenWritten/formal prose; to borrow in money or funds, as in 「銀行から借り入れる」; leans toward financial contexts.
  • Antonym返納へんのうWrittenWritten/formal prose antonym: handing documents or items back to the authorities, as in 「免許返納」. For returning ordinary borrowed things, say 「返す」.

Use 「拝借」 to say borrowing humbly, as in 「お知恵を拝借する」; it can also be half-joking. For everyday borrowing use 「借りる」, for taking library books out 「借り出す」, for borrowing funds 「借り入れる」, and for handing things back to authorities 「返納」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 「借かりること」「借用しゃくよう」を意味いみする謙譲語けんじょうご。また諧謔かいぎゃく的てきにいう語ご。
  2. 「借かりる」「借用しゃくようする」を意味いみする謙譲語けんじょうご。また諧謔かいぎゃく的てきにいう語ご。
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