あとばらい

Japanese

Alternative spelling
後払い

Etymology

From 後(あと) (ato) + 払(はら)い (harai, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 払(はら)う (harau).”). The harai changes to barai as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) あとば​らい [àtóbáꜜràì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠to̞ba̠ɾa̠i]

Noun

あとばらい • (atobarai) ^{←あとばらひ (atobarafi)?}

1. paying later; deferred payment

Antonyms

• 先払(さきばら)い (sakibarai), 前払(まえばら)い (maebarai)