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借金 (しゃっきん): Debt — Japanese vocabulary

借金 is read しゃっきん and means "Debt". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

借金

Reading
しゃっきん · shakkin
Translation
Debt
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しゃっきんが

Example

彼はその金を借金の返済に充てた。

かれはそのきんをしゃっきんのへんさいにあてた。

He applied the money to the payment of debts.

Kanji in this word

  • 借 — borrow
  • 金 — gold, money

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