Meaning

Primary

Borrower

Alternative

Tenant

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Remember how can mean "doer" in some words? So here, you have borrow doer, or more simply borrower.

This word is often used to specifically refer to borrowers in contrast to lenders.

Reading

かりて
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

You'll want to know the words 借りる and to be able to read this one. Combine them to know the reading.

Context

Context Sentences

そうは言っても、借り手が見つからない可能性もありますよね?

Regardless of what you say, there's still a possibility that we won't be able to find a tenant, right?

コウイチが昔住んでいた部屋だと言ったら、すぐに借り手が見つかりました。

When we advertised that Koichi used to live here, the house went right away.

あのマンションは、幽霊屋敷であるという評判のせいで借り手がつかない。

That apartment still doesn’t have any tenants because it’s rumored to be haunted.

Kanji Composition