How to say "tribute" in Japanese

• 哀悼あいとうCommon
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjective'Tribute' as an expression of grief for the dead: condolence, as when one pays tribute to the victims of a disaster. It suits tributes of sorrow, not praise or payment.
  ご尊父そんぷのご逝去せいきょに対たいし、謹つつしんで哀悼あいとうの意いを表あらわします。↗

  Please accept my condolences on the death of your father.
• 賛さんCommon
  noun'Tribute' as praise: honoring a person's merits or achievements, as in a tribute to a retiring colleague. A terse one-character noun, seldom used alone; praise-sense 'tribute' is usually carried by longer expressions containing it.
• 貢献こうけんJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbA historical term: tribute paid by a subordinate state or lord to a more powerful one. Otherwise it is really the word for 'contribution', so it is seldom the word you want for 'tribute'.
• 上納じょうのうCommon
  nounA historical term for payments to a superior authority, essentially land tax, often paid in rice. 'Tribute' here is payment owed, not praise or mourning, so it is seldom the word you want.

Use 哀悼 for a tribute of mourning to the dead, 賛 for a tribute of praise; 貢献 and 上納 are historical terms for tribute as payment to a superior power, not for praise or condolences.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 哀悼あいとうcondolence
• 賛さんpraise
• 貢ぎ物みつぎものtribute
• 貢ぎみつぎtribute (to a monarch, feudal lord, etc.)
• トリビュートtribute
• 貢租こうそannual tax
• 幣貢へいこうoffering
• 貢献こうけんpaying tribute
• 上納じょうのうland tax (often paid in rice)