滞納・怠納|たいのうtainou[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
滞納滞納 is the most common written form for this meaning and the one beginners should use when writing about falling behind with a payment.
怠納怠納 is a rarely used kanji-only variant; learners will seldom encounter it and should generally recognize it rather than choose it for writing.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbfalling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 滞納する（たいのうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 滞納します（たいのうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 滞納しない（たいのうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 滞納しません（たいのうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 滞納せず・滞納せぬ（たいのうせず・たいのうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 滞納した（たいのうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 滞納しました（たいのうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 滞納しなかった（たいのうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 滞納しませんでした（たいのうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 滞納して（たいのうして） |
| Potential | 滞納できる（たいのうできる） |
| Passive | 滞納される（たいのうされる） |
| Causative | 滞納させる（たいのうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 滞納させられる（たいのうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 滞納すれば（たいのうすれば） |
| tara | 滞納したら（たいのうしたら） |
| Volitional | 滞納しよう（たいのうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 滞納しましょう（たいのうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 滞納しろ（たいのうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym不払いふばらいNeutralA noun for not paying at all, as in 「代金の不払い」; it stresses refusal or failure to pay, while 「滞納」 stresses falling behind on taxes or rent.
- Synonym未納みのうNeutralA noun for what has not yet been paid, as in 「会費が未納」; it need not be overdue and sounds more neutral than 「滞納」.
- Synonym未払いみはらいNeutralA noun for something left unpaid, as in 「未払い残業代」; used mostly for wages and payments for goods.
- Antonym完納かんのうNeutralPaying everything owed in full, as in 「税金を完納する」; the opposite of 「滞納」.
- Antonym即納そくのうNeutralPaying or delivering immediately, as in 「即納可能」; the opposite of the delay implied by 「滞納」.
Use 「滞納」 for falling behind on taxes, rent, or fees, as in 「家賃を滞納する」 and 「税金の滞納」. For simply not having paid, say 「未納」; for unpaid wages or payments for goods, say 「未払い」. The opposite is 「完納」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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