貸す

かす · kasu · JLPT N5 · verb-godan

to lend

💴🤝 kasu sounds like cash-u: I lend cash to you

貸 has 貝 (shell, the old money) at the bottom, so the kanji is about money changing hands. Kasu goes outward: I kasu, you receive. Its partner 借りる (kariru) is the reverse, to borrow.

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