Japanese

Alternative forms

• 借 (more common as an abbreviation)

Noun

借り ‎(hiragana かり, romaji kari)

1. borrowing, a debt, a loan (for the borrower, not the lender)
2. (obsolete) in the Edo period, a system for arranging house calls by prostitutes
3. (accounting, abbreviation) borrower, debtor: short for 借方 (かりかた) ‎(karikata)

Antonyms

(borrowing, debt): 貸 (か)し ‎(kashi): lending, a credit, a loan (for the lender, not the borrower)

References

1. ↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2. 1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9