How to say "endowment" in Japanese

• 付与ふよCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'endowment' as the act of granting or bestowing something. It is the common word among these five, so start here when you mean an act of conferring rather than money.
  この社会しゃかいが若わかさということにそのような感情的かんじょうてき特権とっけんを付与ふよするというのは誤解ごかいを引き起ひきおこしやすいと思おもう。↗

  I find it apt to cause misunderstanding that society confers such emotional privileges upon youth.
• 賦与ふよ
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbShares the reading ふよ but is less common; it views endowment from the receiver's side, being endowed with or blessed with something such as a gift. It is not the word for donated funds.
• 寄付金きふきん
  nounEndowment as donated money: a donation or contribution. It names the funds given rather than the act of granting, and is a less common word.
• 基本金きほんきん
  nounEndowment as a fund: the basic fund of an organization. Choose it when 'endowment' means the fund itself rather than a donation or an act of granting; a less common word.
• 基本財産きほんざいさん
  nounEndowment as property: an institution's permanent assets or principal. It covers the same financial ground as 基本金 but framed as property rather than a fund; also less common.

For the act of granting or being endowed with a gift, use 付与 or 賦与; for endowment as money, 寄付金 is a donation, while 基本金 and 基本財産 name an institution's permanent fund or principal.

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• 付与ふよgrant
• 賦与ふよbeing endowed with (e.g. a gift)
• 寄付金きふきんdonation
• 基本金きほんきんfund
• 基本財産きほんざいさんfundamental property