Stone-paved street lined with traditional wooden townhouses in Kyoto, with willow branches in the foreground

Japanese term

賃貸

chintai

Meaning

Rental or leasing — used for rental housing (賃貸住宅), a lease contract (賃貸借契約), and leasing brokerage (賃貸仲介). Listings state rent (家賃) plus terms such as deposit (敷金), key money (礼金), and management fee (管理費) per property.

In a sentence

They searched for 賃貸 apartments within a 30-minute commute of her workplace.

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