I Love Kanji滞納 (tainou)
滞納 (たいのう, tainou) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たいのう
- Romaji
- tainou
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- falling behind (with a payment); being in arrears; non-payment; default; delinquency · noun, suru verb, transitive
Example sentences
数日ならまだしも１０日も滞納している。
A few days would have been excusable, but you are in arrears for 10 days.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 滞納
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 滞納する | たいのうする tainousuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 滞納します | たいのうします tainoushimasu |
| Negative | 滞納しない | たいのうしない tainoushinai |
| Polite negative | 滞納しません | たいのうしません tainoushimasen |
| Past | 滞納した | たいのうした tainoushita |
| Polite past | 滞納しました | たいのうしました tainoushimashita |
| Negative past | 滞納しなかった | たいのうしなかった tainoushinakatta |
| Te-form | 滞納して | たいのうして tainoushite |
| Potential | 滞納できる | たいのうできる tainoudekiru |
| Passive | 滞納される | たいのうされる tainousareru |
| Causative | 滞納させる | たいのうさせる tainousaseru |
| Volitional | 滞納しよう | たいのうしよう tainoushiyou |
| Imperative | 滞納しろ | たいのうしろ tainoushiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 滞納すれば | たいのうすれば tainousureba |
Kanji in 滞納
滞
stagnate, be delayed, overdueタイ・テイ・とどこお.る · 13 strokes納
settlement, obtain, reapノウ・ナッ・おさ.める・-おさ.める · 10 strokesRelated words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 滞納.
渋滞じゅうたい(traffic) congestion滞在たいざいstay停滞ていたいstagnation滞るとどこおるto stagnate納得なっとくconsent納めるおさめるto put (into)納入のうにゅうpayment (of taxes, fees, etc.)納まるおさまるto fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.)
Source: JMdict entry 1410940 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.