Tenant

"Tenant" in Japanese

借り主

kari-nushi

(one who has possession of any place; a dweller; an occupant)

借地人

shakuchi-nin

(one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)

小作人

kosaku-nin

(one who pays a fee in return for the use of land, etc.)

賃借人

chinshaku-nin

(law: one who holds property)

賃借人

chingari-nin

(law: one who holds property)

借りる

kariru

(to hold as, or be, a tenant)

土地を借りる

tochi o kariru

(to hold as, or be, a tenant)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.