債務
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 債務
1
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
Examples
アメリカの対外債務は5000億ドルを突破しましたよ。
America's foreign debt shot past $500 billion.
Kanji in this Word
債
13 strokes
Frequency: 728
JLPT N1
Grade 8
Meanings
bond
loan
debt
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
サイ
務
11 strokes
Frequency: 111
JLPT N2
Grade 5
Meanings
task
duties
Readings
On
— Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ム
Kun
— Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
つと.める
Nanori
— Specialized readings used in names
つかさ
み
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