家賃(やちん)

やちん
noun
rent
moneydaily-life
1. rent
The amount of money paid regularly for the use of a house, apartment, or other residence.
家賃(やちん)を払(はら)う。
To pay rent.
家賃(やちん)を払(はら)う = to pay rent
東京(とうきょう)は家賃(やちん)が高(たか)い。
Rent is expensive in Tokyo.
家賃(やちん)は月(つき)に10万円(まんえん)です。
The rent is 100,000 yen per month.
駅(えき)から近(ちか)いと家賃(やちん)が高(たか)くなるので、少(すこ)し離(はな)れた場所(ばしょ)を選(えら)んだ。
Rent goes up when you're close to the station, so I chose a place a little farther away.
家賃(やちん)を3か月(げつ)滞納(たいのう)してしまい、大家(おおや)さんから注意(ちゅうい)を受(う)けた。
I fell three months behind on rent and received a warning from the landlord.
家賃(やちん)を滞納(たいのう)する = to be behind on rent; 大家(おおや) = landlord

Usage: 家賃(やちん) is the everyday word for residential rent — what a tenant pays a 大家(おおや) each month for a house or apartment. In contracts, and for office or commercial space, the more formal 賃料(ちんりょう) or テナント料(りょう) is used instead.

Common patterns

Related costs: when you sign a lease you normally also pay 敷金(しききん) (a refundable security deposit) and 礼金(れいきん) (non-refundable key money) on top of the first month's 家賃(やちん).

Related Words

Synonym: 賃料(ちんりょう) (rent (formal/legal term))
Related: 大家(おおや) (landlord, landlady)
Related: 敷金(しききん) (security deposit)
Related: 礼金(れいきん) (key money)
Related: 賃貸(ちんたい) (rental, lease)
Compare: 更新料(こうしんりょう) (renewal fee (especially on a rental contract))
Compare: 土地代(とちだい) (land price)
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