repaying
返済中
解説 Definition
repaying は repay（返済する、返礼する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。借りたお金を返している最中であることや、恩などに報いる行為を表します。
Repaying means returning money that was borrowed or settling an amount that is owed, often through one or more payments. It can also mean responding to help, kindness, or harm with an equivalent action.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 repay に -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、pay の y はそのまま残して repaying と綴ります。re-「戻す」＋pay「支払う」と分け、repaying a loan/debt/balance の組み合わせで覚えましょう。金銭の返済が中心ですが、repay kindness のように恩へ報いる意味でも使えます。
Break repaying into re-, suggesting return, and paying. The base verb is repay, and adding -ing gives repaying; the y remains unchanged. Connect it with common financial objects: repaying a loan, repaying a debt, and repaying the remaining balance. This makes the direction of the money clear—it is going back to the lender. The form can describe an ongoing action, as in “She is repaying the loan,” or serve as a gerund naming the activity. In nonfinancial contexts, it can also describe returning kindness or responding to a favor.
例文
She is repaying the loan in small monthly amounts.
彼女はそのローンを毎月少しずつ返済しています。
Repaying the debt early reduced the total interest.
借金を早めに返済したことで、利息の総額が減りました。
He checked his budget before repaying the remaining balance.
彼は残りの金額を返済する前に予算を確認しました。
repaying の類義語・関連語
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repaying の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語pacare（満足させる、平和にする）から古フランス語paierを経た pay に、「再び・戻す」を意味する接頭辞 re- が付いた語。語根はpax（平和）に由来し、「負債を返して平和な状態に戻す」が原義。関連語：payment, repayment。
Repaying is the -ing form of repay, built from re-, meaning “back” or “again,” and pay. Pay came through Old French paier from Latin pacare, meaning “to pacify” or “satisfy,” which is related to pax, “peace.” The historical development connects payment with satisfying an obligation. With re-, repay specifically expresses giving back money owed or returning an action, favor, or kindness.
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