債務

さいむ

debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)

What does 債務 mean?

債務 is a Japanese noun meaning debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual) in English. It is written as 債務 in kanji, さいむ in hiragana, and saimu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

アメリカの対外債務は5000億ドルを突破しましたよ。

America's foreign debt shot past $500 billion.