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借りる — meaning in English

kariru

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English meaning

  • borrow verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
  • hire verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
  • rent noun The regular payment a tenant makes to use someone else's property.
  • tenant noun Someone who pays rent to live in or use a property owned by someone else.

Senses

借りる is used for these senses in English:

  • borrow To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.
  • check out (intransitive) To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
  • hire (transitive, chiefly, UK) To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
  • rent (transitive) To take a lease of premises in exchange for rent.
  • tenant To hold as, or be, a tenant.

borrow — full definition

  1. verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
  2. verb To adopt an idea, word, or style from somewhere else and use it as your own.

hire — full definition

  1. verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
  2. verb To pay to use something temporarily, such as a car or a venue (mainly British usage).
  3. noun A person who has recently been employed, especially as part of a group of new employees.
  4. noun Payment made for the temporary use of something.

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