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借用

Reading

Kana: しゃくよう
Romaji: shakuyou
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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borrowing; loan

Kanji

Readings: シャク、 か.りる
Meanings: borrow, rent
Readings: ヨウ、 もち.いる
Meanings: utilize, business, service, use, employ

Example Sentences

抗体(こうたい)(あら)たな借用書(しゃくようしょ)をつくる。
➥Antibodies give a new lease of life.
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借用語(しゃくようご)(まった)くないという言語(げんご)はおそらくないであろう。
➥In all probability, no language is completely free of borrowed words.
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カール・ポッパーの議論(ぎろん)借用(しゃくよう)するなら、仮説(かせつ)実地(じっち)(こころはじ)みられて()めて価値(かち)()つのである。
➥To borrow an argument from Karl Popper, a hypothesis is only of value if it can be tested.
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この(かたり)はフランス()から借用(しゃくよう)したものだ。
➥This word was borrowed from French.
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それには外国語(がいこくご)から借用(しゃくよう)した単語(たんご)多数(たすう)(ふく)まれている。
➥It has a great many words borrowed from foreign languages.
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