How to say "beneficiary" in Japanese

• 受取人うけとりにんCommon
  nounThe common, general word for the person something is sent or paid to: the addressee of mail or the payee of money. Use it when 'beneficiary' means simply the one who receives the payment.
  ここに受取人うけとりにんの名前なまえを書かいてください。↗

  Write the recipient's name here, please.
• 受益者じゅえきしゃ
  nounThe closest single equivalent of 'beneficiary': one who gains a benefit or advantage from something. Typical contexts are legal and financial, such as the beneficiary of a trust.
  日本にっぽんはガット自由貿易じゆうぼうえき体制たいせいにおける最大さいだいの受益者じゅえきしゃの一ひとつだったということができる。↗

  Japan has been one of the greatest beneficiaries of the free trade system under the GATT regime.
• 受給者じゅきゅうしゃ
  nounA beneficiary in the sense of a recipient of payments — a pensioner, for instance. Use it when the benefit comes as money paid to the person, such as a pension.
• 権利者けんりしゃ
  nounPrimarily 'right holder' or 'rightful claimant' — the person who holds a legal right. As 'beneficiary' it is marginal: use it only when stressing that someone is legally entitled to the benefit.

受取人, the common word, is for the receiver of mail or money; 受益者 is for one who gains a benefit, as in legal and financial contexts; 受給者 for recipients of payments such as pensions; 権利者 for a rightful claimant.

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• 受取人うけとりにんrecipient (e.g. of mail)
• 受益者じゅえきしゃbeneficiary
• 受給者じゅきゅうしゃrecipient (of payments)
• 権利者けんりしゃrightful claimant