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払う はらう N4

  1. to pay (e.g. money, bill)
  2. to brush off; to clear away; to cut off (e.g. branches); to dust off; to wipe away
  3. to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
  4. to dispose of; to sell off (something unneeded)
  5. to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
  6. to exert; to expend; to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice)
  7. to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
  8. to knock aside; to sweep (e.g. one's legs)
  9. to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
  10. to reset (an abacus)

支払う しはらう N3

  1. to pay

酔っ払う よっぱらう

  1. to get drunk

引き払う ひきはらう

  1. to leave; to move out (of); to vacate

出払う ではらう

  1. to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be all out (e.g. of people)
  2. to be sold out; to have none left

焼き払う やきはらう

  1. to burn down (to the ground); to burn off; to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes

振り払う ふりはらう

  1. to shake off

吹き払う ふきはらう

  1. to blow off

切り払う きりはらう

  1. to clear away; to clear land; to lop off; to prune

追い払う おいはらう

  1. to clear; to disperse; to drive away; to scatter
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