クレジットカード

Forms

In conversation the word is almost always shortened to クレカ. The full クレジットカード is what appears in writing and in shop signage.

Verb choice

"To get a credit card" is クレジットカードを作(つく)る — literally "to make one." This is the ordinary phrase; a learner translating "get" directly will not land on it.

Common collocations

• クレジットカードで払(はら)う: to pay by credit card
• クレジットカードを使(つか)う: to use a credit card
• クレジットカードの限度額(げんどがく): credit limit
• クレジットカードの明細(めいさい): credit card statement

Related words

• デビットカード: debit card
• プリペイドカード: prepaid card
• ICカード: IC card, the contactless transit and payment cards such as Suica
• キャッシュレス決済(けっさい): cashless payment