Illustration: At an Edo pawnbroker’s low counter, a carpenter pushes a small string of coins toward the lender. Behind the lender sits the carpenter’s distinctive lacquered tool chest, held as collateral, with a row of repayment counters beside it.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

債さい務む

saimu

debt, financial obligation

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは債務さいむを果はたせなくなった。

    I can no longer fulfill my obligations.

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  2. アメリカの対外たいがい債務さいむは５０００億おくドルを突破とっぱしましたよ。

    America’s foreign debt shot past $500 billion.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 会社かいしゃの債務さいむ返済能力へんさいのうりょくを維持いじするのが私わたしの責任せきにんだ。

    My responsibility is to keep the company solvent.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 債務

  • 債bond; loanOnサイ
  • 務task; dutiesOnムKunつとめる

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