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借り かり N3

  1. borrowing; debt; loan

借りる かりる N5

  1. to borrow
  2. to hire; to rent
  3. to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to receive
  4. to put to a different use; to use (for another purpose)

借り入れ かりいれ

  1. borrowing (money)

借りができた かりができた

  1. I owe you; I owe you a favor; I owe you one

借りぐらしのアリエッティ かりぐらしのアリエッティ

  1. Arrietty (2010 animated film); The Borrower Arrietty; The Secret World of Arrietty

借りっぱなし かりっぱなし

  1. borrowing without returning

借りてきた猫 かりてきたねこ

  1. borrowed cat; someone who is suddenly quiet and meek

借りる時の地蔵顔、済す時の閻魔顔 かりるときのじぞうがお、なすときのえんまがお

  1. people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama

借りを返す かりをかえす

  1. to pay back a debt
  2. to get back at someone; to have one's revenge; to settle a score

借りパク かりパク

  1. borrowing something without returning it; mooching; welching
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