返済する
解説 Definition
借りた金銭や物を返すこと。受けた恩や返却の約束を果たすこと。
Repays is the third-person singular present form of repay. It means that a person or organization returns borrowed money or property, or responds to help, kindness, or harm with an equivalent action, as in “He repays his debt each month.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
repays は repay「返済する、恩に報いる」の三人称単数現在形。主語が he、she、単数名詞のとき He repays his debt のように使う。語末が母音字 y なので y を変えずに -s を付け、repays となり、末尾の -s は /z/ と発音する。repay a debt／loan の組み合わせで覚える。
Repays is not a separate base verb; it is the third-person singular present form of repay. Use it with he, she, it, or a singular noun: “He repays his debt every month.” Because repay ends in a vowel followed by y, the y stays unchanged and only -s is added; compare play and plays. The final -s is pronounced /z/. Build the meaning from re-, “back or again,” and pay: to repay is to pay money back or return a favor. Useful combinations include repays a debt, repays a loan, and repays someone’s kindness.
例文
He repays his debt every month without fail.
彼は毎月必ず借金を返済しています。
She will repay the loan in installments over five years.
彼女は5年間の分割払いでローンを返済します。
How long will it take for him to repay what he borrowed?
彼が借りたものを返済するのにどのくらい時間がかかりますか？
repays の類義語・関連語
repays の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語 repaier（re- 再び + paier 支払う）から。paier はラテン語 pacare（なだめる、満足させる）に由来し、pay（支払う）と同根。借りたものを「再び支払う」ことから「返済する」の意味になった。repayment（返済）も同根。
Repays is formed regularly from repay by adding the third-person singular ending -s. Repay entered English through Old French repaier, built from re-, “back” or “again,” and paier, “to pay.” Paier ultimately derives from Latin pacare, meaning “to pacify” or “to satisfy,” which is also the source behind pay. The financial sense developed from satisfying an obligation by paying back what had been borrowed.
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