How to say "bounty" in Japanese

• 報奨金ほうしょうきんCommon
  nounCovers the core sense of 'bounty': a cash payment offered as a reward, typically for capturing someone, providing information, or achieving a target. This is usually the word you want for a monetary bounty.
• バウンティ
  nounThe katakana loanword, used when English 'bounty' is invoked directly, as in game or fiction contexts. It is less common than 報奨金 and generally not the default choice in ordinary prose.
• 報奨ほうしょう
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRefers to rewarding or compensation itself—the act or concept rather than a sum of money. It can mean 'bounty' in that abstract sense, but for an actual cash payout 報奨金 is the more natural form.
• 交付金こうふきん
  nounIts primary senses are 'subsidy' and 'grant': money handed over by a government or institution. It matches 'bounty' only in a marginal sense of disbursed funds, so it is seldom the word you want for a reward-style bounty.
• 奨励金しょうれいきん
  nounMeans an incentive payment or subsidy given to encourage some activity, such as research or business initiatives. It overlaps with 'bounty' only loosely; use it when the emphasis is on encouragement rather than a reward.

For 'bounty' as money offered as a reward, use 報奨金; the others are rarer or lean toward related senses—grants, incentives, bonuses—or the borrowed katakana form.

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• 報奨金ほうしょうきんcash bonus
• バウンティbounty
• 報奨ほうしょうbonus
• 交付金こうふきんsubsidy
• 奨励金しょうれいきんsubsidy
• 奨金しょうきんsubsidy