支払う|しはらうshiharau[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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Definitions
- godan verb, transitive verbto pay支 is ateji
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 支払う（しはらう） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 支払います（しはらいます） |
| Negative (nai) | 支払わない（しはらわない） |
| polite (masen) | 支払いません（しはらいません） |
| classical zu / nu | 支払わず・支払わぬ（しはらわず・しはらわぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 支払った（しはらった） |
| polite (mashita) | 支払いました（しはらいました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 支払わなかった（しはらわなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 支払いませんでした（しはらいませんでした） |
| Te form | 支払って（しはらって） |
| Potential | 支払える（しはらえる） |
| Passive | 支払われる（しはらわれる） |
| Causative | 支払わせる（しはらわせる） |
| Causative passive | 支払わせられる・支払わされる（しはらわせられる・しはらわされる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 支払えば（しはらえば） |
| tara | 支払ったら（しはらったら） |
| Volitional | 支払おう（しはらおう） |
| polite (mashou) | 支払いましょう（しはらいましょう） |
| Imperative | 支払え（しはらえ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym払うはらうNeutralThe most common everyday word: pay money, but also brush off dust or drive rivals away. 「支払う」 is more formal and refers only to paying.
- Related支出ししゅつNeutralA noun for expenditure — the outgoings recorded on the books. 「支払う」 is the act of handing over the payment itself.
- Related出費しゅっぴNeutralSpending money, or the expense itself, seen as a burden on one's own pocket, as in 「出費がかさむ」 (expenses pile up); 「支払う」 is simply the act of paying.
- Related精算せいさんNeutralSettling accounts to the exact amount — adjusting for over- or underpayment, e.g. fares and tickets. 「支払う」 is simply paying.
- Related出金しゅっきんNeutralWithdrawing money from an account or putting up funds, mostly in banking. 「支払う」 stresses paying money to the other party.
- Related支弁しべんWrittenWritten/formal prose for defraying expenses, i.e. having one party bear the cost, as in 「旅費を支弁する」; found mainly in official documents.
- Related払い出すはらいだすWrittenWritten/formal: paying money out of an account or funds; typical of accounting and banking contexts rather than everyday payment.
- Antonym受け取るうけとるNeutralTo receive or accept something handed over — the counterpart of the paying done with 「支払う」.
- Antonym徴収するWrittenWritten/formal: to collect taxes, membership fees and the like — the money-receiving side's action, opposite of the payer.
Pay a bill or money owed with 「支払う」; in everyday speech 「払う」 is the common word. For outgoings on the books use 「支出」, for personal spending 「出費」, and for settling a fare or bill to the exact amount 「精算」. 「支弁」 and 「払い出す」 are written terms for defraying costs and paying out of an account. To receive money, use 「受け取る」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 払い渡しをする。
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English equivalents
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