負債

• 読み: ふさい
• ローマ字: fusai
• 漢字の分解: 負 (fu) — bear, owe, lose; 債 (sai) — debt, bond, obligation
• 発音: /ɸɯ.saː/

意味

Debt; liabilities. Money owed or financial obligations that must be repaid.

A noun used in accounting and finance. 負債 appears on the balance sheet (貸借対照表) and represents everything a company owes to outside parties. Includes both short-term liabilities (流動負債) and long-term liabilities (固定負債). Also used in personal finance to refer to individual debt. More formal than 借金 (shakkin, debt/loan), which is used in everyday conversation.

例文

1. 会社の負債総額が100億円を超えた。
2. 負債を減らすために資産の一部を売却した。
3. 起業する際は負債のリスクも考慮すべきだ。

使い方ガイド

場面: finance, accounting, business

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 負 (fu, bear/owe) + 債 (sai, debt/bond). Literally 'bearing a debt' — the financial burden one carries.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Professional