賞|しょうshou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, noun (suffix)prize; award
   期待きたいされたとおり彼かれは賞しょうを得えた。↗

   As was expected, he won the prize.

• Related賞与しょうよNeutralA cash bonus such as the year-end bonus paid by companies (「賞与支給」); 「賞」 is the award or prize itself.
• Antonym罰ばつNeutralPunishment or penalty; the opposite of 「賞」 in the contrast between reward and punishment.

Use 「賞」 for an award or prize itself; 「賞与」 is for money a company pays as a bonus. 「罰」 is the opposite — punishment rather than a reward.

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1. （ショウ）人ひとの功績こうせきに対たいして与あたえられる報酬ほうしゅう。接尾辞せつびじ的てきにも用もちいられる。