埋め合わせ・埋め合せ|うめあわせumeawase[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
埋め合わせUse 埋め合わせ as the most common written form; it combines kanji and kana and is the usual choice for learners.
埋め合せ埋め合せ is a less common written variant of 埋め合わせ; it also combines kanji and kana, so learners may encounter it in writing.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbcompensation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 埋め合わせする（うめあわせする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 埋め合わせします（うめあわせします） |
| Negative (nai) | 埋め合わせしない（うめあわせしない） |
| polite (masen) | 埋め合わせしません（うめあわせしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 埋め合わせせず・埋め合わせせぬ（うめあわせせず・うめあわせせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 埋め合わせした（うめあわせした） |
| polite (mashita) | 埋め合わせしました（うめあわせしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 埋め合わせしなかった（うめあわせしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 埋め合わせしませんでした（うめあわせしませんでした） |
| Te form | 埋め合わせして（うめあわせして） |
| Potential | 埋め合わせできる（うめあわせできる） |
| Passive | 埋め合わせされる（うめあわせされる） |
| Causative | 埋め合わせさせる（うめあわせさせる） |
| Causative passive | 埋め合わせさせられる（うめあわせさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 埋め合わせすれば（うめあわせすれば） |
| tara | 埋め合わせしたら（うめあわせしたら） |
| Volitional | 埋め合わせしよう（うめあわせしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 埋め合わせしましょう（うめあわせしましょう） |
| Imperative | 埋め合わせしろ（うめあわせしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym補償ほしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: compensating for a loss, usually with money, as in 「損失補償」. More formal than 「埋め合わせ」.
- Synonym償いつぐないWrittenWritten/formal prose: recompense for a wrongdoing, with a moral nuance of atonement.
- Synonym弁償べんしょうNeutralNeutral: paying money or goods for something you broke or damaged; more material in focus than 「埋め合わせ」.
- Synonym賠償ばいしょうFormalFormal: compensation for damage as a matter of legal liability, as in 「損害賠償」.
- Related代償だいしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: can mean compensation for damage caused, but usually the price paid — what is sacrificed — to achieve a goal.
- Related補いおぎないNeutralNeutral: supplementing, filling in what is lacking or insufficient.
- Related償うつぐなうNeutralNeutral verb: to make up for a wrong with money, goods or labor.
- Related相殺そうさいWrittenWritten/formal prose: offsetting — things cancelling each other out, or one claim set off against another.
- RelatedカバーCasualColloquial loanword: covering for a mistake, shortfall or loss, one's own or another's; also a book cover or cover song.
- Related填補てんぽWrittenWritten/formal prose: filling a deficit, shortfall or loss; used in finance, insurance and legal contexts.
- Related報償ほうしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: making up for a loss; can also suggest retribution or paying someone back.
Use 「埋め合わせ」 to make up afterwards for a broken promise or a loss in some other way, as in 「今度埋め合わせするね」. For formal compensation say 「補償」, for legal damages 「賠償」, and for covering a gap for someone 「カバー」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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