抵当

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 抵当 is a noun read ていとう, meaning a mortgage or collateral pledged for a debt.
• Basic usage: 抵当に入れる means placing property under mortgage, and 抵当にして presents it as collateral.
  • 父は倉庫を抵当に入れて資金を借りた。 describes a father mortgaging a warehouse to borrow funds; 住宅を抵当にして融資を受ける仕組みを授業で学んだ。 describes learning how financing secured by a home works.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 抵当に入れる
  • に入れる forms the expression for placing property under mortgage.
• 住宅を抵当にして
  • を marks the home used as collateral.
• 抵当 and 融資
  • 抵当 is the security for a debt, while 融資 is the financing received.