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Illustration of 滞納

滞納たいのう

たいのう tainou Play N1 Noun Suru verb Transitive

Meanings and examples

支払うべき料金や税金などを、期限を過ぎても納めずにいること。 non-payment; default

Example 1

数日ならまだしも１０日も滞納している。

A few days would have been excusable, but you are in arrears for 10 days.

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Example 2

料金滞納で電話を止められた。

My telephone service was cut off because of unpaid bills.

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Kanji breakdown

滞

N1

stagnate; be delayed; overdue; arrears

On reading
タイ、テイ
Kun reading
とどこお.る
Radical
水

納

N1

settlement; obtain; reap; pay; supply; store

On reading
ノウ、ナッ、ナ、ナン、トウ
Kun reading
おさ.める、-おさ.める、おさ.まる
Radical
糸
Illustration of 停滞

停滞

N1

ていたい

stagnation; tie-up; congestion; retention; accumulation; falling into arrears

Illustration of 滞る

滞る

N1

とどこおる

to stagnate; to be delayed

Illustration of 納まる

納まる

N1

おさまる

to be obtained; to end; to settle into; to fit into; to be settled; to be paid; to be delivered

Illustration of 納入

納入

N1

のうにゅう

payment; supply

Illustration of 渋滞

渋滞

N3

じゅうたい

congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation