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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji Vocab
    3. 払う

    払う

    払はらう​

    to pay (e.g. money, bill)

    N4KMT8News #21+1CoreVerb, TransitiveBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab7 strokes

    掃う

    はらう

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to pay (e.g. money, bill)
    2.
    to brush off, to wipe away, to clear away, to dust off, to cut off (e.g. branches)
    3.
    to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
    4.
    to sell off (something unneeded), to dispose of
    5.
    to pay (e.g. attention), to show (e.g. respect, concern)
    6.
    to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice), to expend, to exert
    7.
    to move out (of one's own place), to vacate
    8.
    to sweep (e.g. one's legs), to knock aside
    9.
    to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
    10.
    to reset (an abacus)

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    私わたしは毎まい月つき家や賃ちんを払はらっています。

    I pay rent every month.

    KMT4Business & FinanceDaily Life
    レストランでは、食しょく事じが終おわったらレジで代だい金きんを払はらう。

    At a restaurant, you pay the bill at the register after finishing your meal.

    KMT8Food & DiningBusiness & Finance
    請せい求きゅう書しょが届とどいたら、期き日じつまでに必かならず支し払はらいを払はらってください。

    When the invoice arrives, please be sure to make the payment by the due date.

    KMT8Business & FinanceDaily Life
    彼かれは服ふくについたほこりを手てで払はらった。

    He brushed off the dust from his clothes with his hand.

    KMT8Daily Life
    彼かれはそのプロジェクトの成せい功こうのために、多た大だいな犠ぎ牲せいを払はらった。

    He made a great sacrifice for the success of that project.

    KMT9Work & CareerBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    払
    はら.う・-はら.い・-ばら.い…(4)
    pay・clear out・prune・banish・dispose of
    Kanji
    う
    u
    Kana
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