Tenant

Tenant in Japanese

In Japanese

借(か)り主(ぬし)

karinushi

Definition

Definition in EnglishA person who rents and occupies property owned by someone else.

Definition in Japaneseほかの人が所有する家や部屋を借りて住んでいる人。

Example sentences

暖房(だんぼう)が壊(こわ)れたら、借(か)り主(ぬし)が修理代(しゅうりだい)を払(はら)うんですか？
As a tenant, am I responsible for fixing the heating?
前(まえ)の借(か)り主(ぬし)、まだ郵便物(ゆうびんぶつ)を取(と)りに来(き)てないんだよね。
The previous tenant still hasn't collected her mail.

Related words

In themes

housing tenure

tenant in other languages