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借り (かり): borrowing, debt, loan — Japanese vocabulary

借り is read かり and means "borrowing, debt, loan". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

借り

Reading
かり · kari
Translation
borrowing, debt, loan
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
かりが

Example

なした約束は払ってない借りである。

なしたやくそくははらってないかりである。

A promise made is a debt unpaid.

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