返済|へんさいhensai[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbrepayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 返済する（へんさいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 返済します（へんさいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 返済しない（へんさいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 返済しません（へんさいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 返済せず・返済せぬ（へんさいせず・へんさいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 返済した（へんさいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 返済しました（へんさいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 返済しなかった（へんさいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 返済しませんでした（へんさいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 返済して（へんさいして） |
| Potential | 返済できる（へんさいできる） |
| Passive | 返済される（へんさいされる） |
| Causative | 返済させる（へんさいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 返済させられる（へんさいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 返済すれば（へんさいすれば） |
| tara | 返済したら（へんさいしたら） |
| Volitional | 返済しよう（へんさいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 返済しましょう（へんさいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 返済しろ（へんさいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym弁済べんさいWrittenWritten/formal prose. Settling or discharging a debt (「債務の弁済」); found mostly in legal documents, not everyday speech.
- Synonym返却へんきゃくNeutralNeutral noun for returning something borrowed (「本の返却」); mostly for objects, not money.
- Synonym返金へんきんNeutralNeutral noun for a refund (「全額返金」); typically a shop returning money to a customer.
- Synonym返すかえすNeutralNeutral. To return something (「お金を返す」); the most common word in everyday speech.
- Related返還へんかんNeutralNeutral noun for returning something to its owner (「領土返還」); used mostly for objects and at the national level, and not limited to money.
- Related還付かんぷNeutralNeutral noun for an authority refunding money it held or overcollected (「税金の還付」); mostly in tax contexts.
- Related返納へんのうNeutralNeutral noun for handing back what you received to its place or owner, e.g. 「運転免許の返納」; 「返済」 is about repaying money.
- Related払い戻すはらいもどすNeutralNeutral verb for refunding money already paid or paying out deposits (「運賃を払い戻す」「預金を払い戻す」); not for repaying a loan.
- Related払い戻しはらいもどしNeutralNeutral noun for a refund (「チケットの払い戻し」).
- Related補償ほしょうNeutralNeutral noun for compensating for a loss (「損害補償」); it is not about returning borrowed money.
- Related償うつぐなうNeutralNeutral. To make up for something or atone (「罪を償う」); the focus is on making up for a wrongdoing, not on repaying money.
- Related埋め合わせうめあわせNeutralNeutral noun for making up for a loss or mistake (「埋め合わせをする」); leans colloquial, and not about repaying borrowed money.
- Related割り戻すわりもどすNeutralNeutral. Returning part of the purchase price, i.e. a rebate or kickback; mostly commercial use.
- Antonym借り入れかりいれNeutralNeutral. Borrowing money; the direct opposite of 「返済」.
- Antonym借金しゃっきんNeutralNeutral. Borrowing money or being in debt; the opposite of 「返済」.
- Antonym借入しゃくにゅうNeutralNeutral. In the form 「借入」 it means taking in funds; it stands opposite the repayment that 「返済」 describes.
To return borrowed money or repay a loan, use 「返済」 (「ローンの返済」). In casual speech say 「返す」, in legal documents 「弁済」, for a shop refunding a customer 「返金」, and for returning objects 「返却」. The opposites are 「借金」 and 「借り入れ」.
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