補償|ほしょうhoshou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbcompensation; reparation
   政府せいふは損害そんがいを補償ほしょうしなければならなかった。↗

   The government had to make up for the loss.

• Synonym償いつぐないNeutralAtonement or making up for a wrongdoing, with a moral emphasis; 「補償」 focuses on compensating a loss with money.
• Synonym代償だいしょうNeutralThe price paid to achieve something, or paying compensation on someone's behalf; 「補償」 focuses on compensating the party that suffered the loss.
• Synonym賠償ばいしょうNeutralCompensation for damage you caused someone, as in 「損害賠償」, stressing the wrongdoer's liability; 「補償」 focuses on filling in the loss.
• Synonym弁償べんしょうNeutralPaying money or goods for damage you caused, e.g. 「壊した物を弁償する」; more colloquial than 「補償」, used by individuals and organizations alike.
• Synonym償うつぐなうNeutralVerb meaning to make up for or atone for something; 「補償」 is a noun focused on money.
• Synonym埋め合わせうめあわせNeutralMaking up for something, common in colloquial speech; 「補償」 leans formal.
• Synonym報償ほうしょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: a reward for one's deeds or services, or making up for damage; generally not interchangeable with 「補償」.
• Related手当てあてNeutralMainly allowances and subsidies, and also medical treatment; 「補償」 is the word centred on compensation for a loss.
• Related報いるむくいるNeutralVerb meaning to repay or reward, as in 「恩に報いる」; 「補償」 is compensation for a loss.
• Related返済へんさいNeutralRepaying borrowed money or a loan; 「補償」 is compensation for a loss.
• Related報酬ほうしゅうNeutralPay or remuneration for work or services; 「補償」 is compensation for a loss.
• Related補いおぎないNeutralNoun for supplementing or making up a shortfall; 「補償」 centers on monetary compensation.
• Related相殺そうさいNeutralThings offsetting or cancelling each other out, as in 「相殺される」; 「補償」 is compensation for a loss.
• Related報いむくいNeutralReward or retribution, often with a negative sense, as in 「報いを受ける」.
• RelatedカバーNeutralLoanword meaning to cover or make up for a shortfall; 「補償」 is monetary compensation.
• Related填補てんぽWrittenWritten/formal prose: filling a shortfall or deficit, common in insurance terminology; 「補償」 is the more general term.
• Related報うむくうWrittenTo reward or repay, also to retaliate; in modern Japanese mostly seen in the passive form 「報われる」.

Use 「補償」 as the default for compensating someone for damage or expenses. Use 「賠償」 when the compensation is framed as the wrongdoer's liability, as in 「損害賠償」, and 「弁償」 for paying for something you broke. For moral atonement choose 「償い」 or the verb 「償う」, and in everyday speech 「埋め合わせ」 is the natural way to say making up for something. 「報酬」, 「返済」 and 「手当」 centre on pay, repayment and allowances rather than on loss compensation.

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

1. 損害そんがいや出費しゅっぴを金銭きんせんなどで補おぎない償つぐなうこと。
2. 身体しんたいや精神せいしんについて劣等感れっとうかんをもつとき、これを補おぎなおうとする心こころの動うごき。アドラーの用語ようご。
3. 適法てきほう行為こういから生しょうじた損害そんがいを対たいして填補てんぽすること。