I Love Kanji負担 (futan)
負担 (ふたん, futan) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “burden; load”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ふたん
- Romaji
- futan
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- burden; load; responsibility · noun
- bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering · noun, suru verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 負担
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 負担する | ふたんする futansuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 負担します | ふたんします futanshimasu |
| Negative | 負担しない | ふたんしない futanshinai |
| Polite negative | 負担しません | ふたんしません futanshimasen |
| Past | 負担した | ふたんした futanshita |
| Polite past | 負担しました | ふたんしました futanshimashita |
| Negative past | 負担しなかった | ふたんしなかった futanshinakatta |
| Te-form | 負担して | ふたんして futanshite |
| Potential | 負担できる | ふたんできる futandekiru |
| Passive | 負担される | ふたんされる futansareru |
| Causative | 負担させる | ふたんさせる futansaseru |
| Volitional | 負担しよう | ふたんしよう futanshiyou |
| Imperative | 負担しろ | ふたんしろ futanshiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 負担すれば | ふたんすれば futansureba |
Kanji in 負担
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 負担.
負けるまけるto lose負うおうto carry on one's back負けまけdefeat勝負しょうぶvictory or defeat背負うせおうto carry on one's back負債ふさいdebt負傷ふしょうinjury負かすまかすto defeat担当たんとうbeing in charge (of an area of responsibility)担ぐかつぐto shoulder担うになうto carry on one's shoulder担架たんかstretcher分担ぶんたんtaking on one's share (e.g. of work)
Source: JMdict entry 1498130 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.