JLPT N3 · Verb

支払う (shiharau)

支払う (しはらう, shiharau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to pay”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
しはらう
Romaji
shiharau
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to pay · godan verb, transitive · 支 is ateji

Example sentences

私はその本に3ドル支払った。
I paid 3 dollars for the book.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 支払う

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary支払うしはらう shiharau
Polite (~masu)支払いますしはらいます shiharaimasu
Negative支払わないしはらわない shiharawanai
Polite negative支払いませんしはらいません shiharaimasen
Past支払ったしはらった shiharatta
Polite past支払いましたしはらいました shiharaimashita
Negative past支払わなかったしはらわなかった shiharawanakatta
Te-form支払ってしはらって shiharatte
Potential支払えるしはらえる shiharaeru
Passive支払われるしはらわれる shiharawareru
Causative支払わせるしはらわせる shiharawaseru
Volitional支払おうしはらおう shiharaou
Imperative支払えしはらえ shiharae
Conditional (~ba)支払えばしはらえば shiharaeba

Kanji in 支払う

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 支払う.

Source: JMdict entry 1310300 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.