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Kanji Detail for 借 - "borrow, lend, loan"
借
- Meaning
借 means "borrow, lend, loan."
Borrow - To use temporarily.
Lend - To give temporarily.
Suppose - To assume; if.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
borrow; rent
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
borrow; lend; make pretext of
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To borrow or lend. Both borrowing from others and lending to others are called 借. | To borrow metaphorically. Using something not originally one's own is called 借. The Six Categories of Chinese characters include 假借, meaning borrowed usage not in the original sense. Also, excessive praise is called 獎借, same meaning, meaning not deserving such. | A hypothetical phrase. (Book of Odes) "Suppose we don't know."
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- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
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Sentences including 借
He borrowed money from his friend.
Can i use your telephone?
すまないけど、車、借りてもいいかなあ。
Would you mind if i borrowed your car?
紙を借りてもいいですか。
May i use some paper?
I borrowed money not only from tom but from his wife too.
車を借りてもよろしいですか。
Would you mind if i borrowed your car?
これらの本を借りてもいいですか。
Is it okay if i borrow these books?
You should not expect the help of others.
I owe ten dollars to her.
May i use the phone?
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし私に必要な事柄がなかなか見付からないので、私は二度も三度も雑誌を借り替えなければなりませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
旧記の記者の語を借りれば、「頭身の毛も太る」ように感じたのである。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし私に必要な事柄がなかなか見付からないので、私は二度も三度も雑誌を借り替えなければなりませんでした。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha