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支払う
支払う
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 支 | 払 |
| Grade: 5 | Grade: S |
Verb
支払う (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana しはらう, romaji shiharau)
- pay (money)
Usage notes
This has a narrower sense than its synonym and is used only to refer to paying money.
Synonyms
- 払う (harau)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "支払う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 支払わ | しはらわ | shiharawa |
| Continuative (連用形) | 支払い | しはらい | shiharai |
| Terminal (終止形) | 支払う | しはらう | shiharau |
| Attributive (連体形) | 支払う | しはらう | shiharau |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 支払え | しはらえ | shiharae |
| Imperative (命令形) | 支払え | しはらえ | shiharae |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 支払われる | しはらわれる | shiharawareru |
| Causative | 支払わせる 支払わす |
しはらわせる しはらわす |
shiharawaseru shiharawasu |
| Potential | 支払える | しはらえる | shiharaeru |
| Volitional | 支払おう | しはらおう | shiharaō |
| Negative | 支払わない | しはらわない | shiharawanai |
| Negative continuative | 支払わず | しはらわず | shiharawazu |
| Formal | 支払います | しはらいます | shiharaimasu |
| Perfective | 支払った | しはらった | shiharatta |
| Conjunctive | 支払って | しはらって | shiharatte |
| Hypothetical conditional | 支払えば | しはらえば | shiharaeba |