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滞納 (たいのう): non-payment, default — Japanese vocabulary

滞納 is read たいのう and means "non-payment, default". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

滞納

Reading
たいのう · tainou
Translation
non-payment, default
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
たいのうが

Example

料金滞納で電話を止められた。

りょうきんたいのうででんわをとめられた。

My telephone service was cut off because of unpaid bills.

Kanji in this word

  • 滞 — stagnate, remain
  • 納 — pay, deliver

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