Meanings
Verb (1-dan, transitive)
1. to borrow; to have a loan
2. to rent; to hire
Kanji used
borrow
Pitch accent
りる
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Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
to get help; to enlist aid
to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo)
people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it; (lit.) when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama
Examples (93 in total)
I didn't borrow anything.
Can I rent rackets?
You have to return what you borrowed.