滞納

• 読み: たいのう
• ローマ字: tainō
• 漢字の分解: 滞 (tai) — stagnate, be delayed; 納 (nō) — pay, deliver, supply
• 発音: /ta.i.noː/

意味

Non-payment; delinquency; arrears. The state of having failed to pay a required sum by its due date.

A formal legal and administrative term used for overdue taxes, rent, insurance premiums, or loan repayments. 滞納者 (tainosha) is a delinquent payer; 滞納処分 (taino shobun) refers to the legal enforcement procedures applied to tax delinquents. Unlike casual expressions for not paying, 滞納 carries a formal, often legal weight. Used as a verbal noun (滞納する).

例文

1. 家賃を三ヶ月滞納したテナントに対し、オーナーは法的手段に訴えた。
2. 税金の滞納が続くと、給与や財産が差し押さえられることがある。
3. 中小企業の資金繰り悪化により、社会保険料の滞納が増加している。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, tax, real estate, finance

トーン: negative

起源と歴史

Compound of 滞 (tai, stagnate/be delayed) and 納 (no, pay/deliver). The first character captures the idea of something stuck or not flowing through; together they describe a payment that has stagnated — failed to move through to the recipient.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal