Meaning
Pay / Deliver / Store / Accept / Settle
- 納税 — tax payment
- 納品 — delivery of goods
- 納豆 — fermented soybeans
- 収納 — storage
- 納得 — understanding; consent
- 出納 — receipts and payments; cash handling
- 納所 — receiving office (historical)
納 combines 糸 (thread) with 内 (inside), evoking enclosing or putting something in. It broadened to receiving, storing, paying, settling, or bringing to completion.
Common across payment, storage, and acceptance terms—both concrete and abstract (e.g., 納得 “to be convinced”).
税金を 納めました。
I paid the taxes.
この商品は 来週納品されます。
This product will be delivered next week.