Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 4
かた
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
借方

Etymology edit

借り (borrowing, stem of 借りる (kariru, to borrow)) +‎ (direction; person)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

()(かた) (karikata

  1. (accounting) a debitor; a borrower

Descendants edit

  • Chinese: 借方 (jièfāng)[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ 汉语外来词词典 [Chinese Loanword Dictionary] (in Chinese), 1984, page 73