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
- verb To take or receive something temporarily, intending to give it back.
- verb To adopt an idea, word, or style from somewhere else and use it as your own.
hire — full definition
- verb To employ someone for pay, or to give someone a job.
- verb To pay to use something temporarily, such as a car or a venue (mainly British usage).
- noun A person who has recently been employed, especially as part of a group of new employees.
- noun Payment made for the temporary use of something.