NichiDict

負担

N1
ふたん
[futan]
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Meanings

1.Noun

burden; load; responsibility

2.NounNoun・suruTransitive

bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

Examples

介護の負担が家族にのしかかっている。

The burden of nursing care weighs on the family.

費用は参加者で均等に負担することになった。

The cost was to be shared equally by the participants.

高齢者の医療費負担を軽減する政策が必要だ。

Policies to reduce the medical burden on the elderly are needed.