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JLPT N2 Grammar

拝借する

N2Honorifics

N2 · Honorifics · noun + を拝借する

to borrow humbly; to take up someone's time

noun + を拝借する

拝借する humbly expresses borrowing something from someone, and お時間を拝借する means taking up someone's time.

Often used before a formal request and sounds more polite than 借りる.

少しお時間を拝借してもよろしいでしょうか。

May I have a little of your time?

Do not use 拝借する for someone else's borrowing; it humbly describes the speaker's side borrowing.

拝借 is borrowing with humility.

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