Japanese symbol for “sublet”
転貸
てんたい
Romaji: tentai
sublease; sublet
In Japanese, sublet is 転貸, read てんたい (tentai).
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Meanings
- n, vs, vt sublease; sublet
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “sublet”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 又貸し | またがし matagashi | sublease; sublet; lending (something one has borrowed) to someone else |
| サブレット | サブレット saburetto | sublet |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 運転 | うんてん unten | operation (of a machine); running; working |
| 自転車 | じてんしゃ jitensha | bicycle; bike |
| 回転 | かいてん kaiten | rotation; revolution; turn |
| 移転 | いてん iten | moving; relocation; change of address |
| 逆転 | ぎゃくてん gyakuten | reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout |
| 転換 | てんかん tenkan | conversion; diversion; changeover |
| 貸出 | かしだし kashidashi | lending; loaning |
| 貸し | かし kashi | loan; lending; hire |
See also: Chinese symbol for “sublet”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.