borrowing

借用、借り入れ

後で返す約束で物を使わせてもらうこと、またはお金を借りること。

やさしい英語で： An act of taking something to use and return later, or taking money that must be paid back.

• Borrowing from friends can cause problems.
• The bank increased its borrowing charges.
• Repeated borrowing left the company with large debts.

使い方： borrowing from someone/something (Borrowing from the bank helped them buy a home.)

反対語： lending

よく使う表現： government borrowing, borrowing of money, borrowing costs

借用語、外来語

ほかの言語から取り入れて、自分の言語で使うようになった語。

やさしい英語で： A word taken from another language and used as part of your own language.

• This word is a borrowing from French.
• English contains borrowings from many languages.
• Some recent borrowings keep their original spelling.

使い方： a borrowing from a language (This term is a borrowing from Italian.)

類義語： loanword

よく使う表現： linguistic borrowing, borrowing from French, recent borrowing

万引きする

店の商品を盗むことを、後で返すかのように冗談めかして言う。

やさしい英語で： Taking goods from a shop without paying, described jokingly as if you would return them.

• He called stealing sweets borrowing.
• She was caught borrowing clothes from the shop.
• Their idea of borrowing involved hiding goods in their bags.

類義語： shoplifting, stealing

よく使う表現： borrowing from shops, borrowing store goods