借: lend; borrow

借 jiè

verb
: to lend; to borrow
: by means of
: to take (an opportunity)

藉 [借] jiè

verb | noun
: sleeping mat
: to placate
: variant of 借

藉 jí

: to insult; to walk all over (somebody)

Kun Reading

借り | かり kari

noun
: borrowing; debt; loan

借る | かる karu

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: (Kansai dialect) to borrow; to have a loan
: to rent; to hire

借りる | かりる kariru

ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to borrow; to have a loan
: to rent; to hire

藉す OR 貸す | かす kasu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to lend; to loan
: to rent out; to hire out

借鑒[鉴] jie4jian4: to use other people’s experience; to borrow from a source; to use as reference

借助 jie4zhu4: to draw support from; with the help of

借貸[贷] jie4dai4: to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet
[借貸 | しゃくたい shakutai: loan; lending and borrowing]

借款 jie4kuan3: to lend money; to borrow money; loan
[借款 | しゃっかん shakkan: (international) loan]

借用 jie4yong4: to borrow something for another use; to borrow an idea for one’s own use
[借用 | しゃくよう shakuyou: borrowing; loan]

憑[凭]借 píng2jie4: to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; something that one relies on

假借 jia3jie4: to make use of; to use something as pretext; under false pretenses; under the guise of; masquerading as; lenient; tolerant; loan character (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters); character acquiring meanings by phonetic association; also called phonetic loan

出借 chu1jie4: to lend; to put out a loan

拆借 chai1jie4: short-term loan

挪借 nuo2jie4: to borrow money for a short time

藉 [借] jie4: sleeping mat; to placate

藉口 jie4kou3: to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext; also written 借口
[藉口 | しゃこう shakou: pretense]

藉[借]此 jie4ci3: using this as a pretext; thereby

藉由 jie4you2: by means of; through; by

藉著[着] jie4zhe: by means of; through

慰藉 wei4jie4: to console; to comfort; consolation
[慰藉 | いしゃ isha: consolation]

憑[凭]藉 ping2jie4: to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; something that one relies on; also written 凭借

枕藉 zhen3jie4: to lie in total disorder; lying fallen over one another
[枕藉 | ちんしゃ sansha OR ちんせき sanseki: (Archaism) bedding;bed; to sleep together in the same bed
 
: (Archaism) to sleep together using each other’s bodies as pillow
: (Archaism) to sleep together using books as a pillow]

落藉 luo4jie4: to stay; to reside (old)

藴[蕴]藉 yun4jie4: temperate and refined; implicit; restrained

藉 ji2: to insult; to walk all over (somebody)

狼藉 lang2ji2: in a mess; scattered about; in complete disorder
[狼藉 | ろうぜき rouzeki: violence; outrage; riot; confusion; disorder]

一片狼借 yi1pian4 lang2ji2: a big mess

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
借金 | しゃっきん shakkin: debt; loan; liabilities

寸借詐欺 | すんしゃくさぎ sunsha kusagi
: (yoji) petty swindling; petty swindler

蛙の目借時 | かわずのめかりどき kawazu no me kari doki OR
かえるのめかるどき kaeru no me karu doki OR かえるのめかりどき kaeru no me kari doki
: springtime mating of frogs (haiku term)

借りてきた猫 | かりてきたねこ kari tekita neko
: being quiet and meek (in contrast to normal behavior); being as meek as a lamb; a borrowed cat

借りが出来た | かりができた kari ga dekita
: I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor

この場を借りて | このばをかりて kono ba o karite
: take this opportunity (to apologize, thank, explain, etc.)

借金で首が回らない | しゃっきんでくびがまわらない shakkin de kubi ga mawaranai
: deep in debt

猫の手も借りたい | ねこのてもかりたい neko no te mo karitai
: extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat

虎の威を借る狐 | とらのいをかるきつね tora no i o karu kitsune
: person who swaggers about under borrowed authority; small man acting arrogantly through borrowed authority; a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger

Chinese common word | chengyu 成語 | expression | idiom
借古諷今 [借古讽今] jie4 gu3 feng3 jin1
: to use the past to disparage the present

借屍還魂 [借尸还魂] jie4 shi1 huan2 hun2
: lit. reincarnated in sb else’s body; fig. a discarded or discredited idea returns in another guise

借刀殺人 [借刀杀人] jie4 dao1 sha1 ren2
: to lend sb a knife to kill sb; to get sb else to do one’s dirty work; to attack using the strength of another

借手除敵 [借手除敌] jie4 shou3 chu2 di2
: to use a proxy to eliminate a rival

借資挹注 [借资挹注] jie4 zi1 yi4 zhu4
: to make use of something in order to make good the deficits in something else

借花獻佛 [借花献佛] jie4 hua1 xian4 fu2
: lit. presenting the Buddha with borrowed flowers; fig. to win favor or influence using sb else’s property; plagiarism

草船借箭 cao3 chuan2 jie4 jian4
: lit. using straw boats to borrow arrows (from 三國演義|三国演义 San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4; Romance of the Three Kingdoms); fig. to use others’ manpower and resources for one’s own ends

背城借一 bei4 cheng2 jie4 yi1
: to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall; to fight to the last ditch; to put up a desperate struggle

以免藉口 [以免借口] yi3 mian3 jie4 kou3
: to remove something that could be used as a pretext

杯盘狼藉 bei1 pan2 lang2ji2
: cups and dishes in complete disorder; after a riotous drinking party

声名狼藉 sheng1ming2 lang2ji2
: to have a bad reputation

藉詞推搪 [借词推搪] jie4 ci2 tui1 tang2
: to make a lot of excuses

有借有還，再借不難 [有借有还，再借不难] you3 jie4 you3 huan2 , zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2
: return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time