賠償|ばいしょうbaishou[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbcompensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 賠償する（ばいしょうする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 賠償します（ばいしょうします） |
| Negative (nai) | 賠償しない（ばいしょうしない） |
| polite (masen) | 賠償しません（ばいしょうしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 賠償せず・賠償せぬ（ばいしょうせず・ばいしょうせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 賠償した（ばいしょうした） |
| polite (mashita) | 賠償しました（ばいしょうしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 賠償しなかった（ばいしょうしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 賠償しませんでした（ばいしょうしませんでした） |
| Te form | 賠償して（ばいしょうして） |
| Potential | 賠償できる（ばいしょうできる） |
| Passive | 賠償される（ばいしょうされる） |
| Causative | 賠償させる（ばいしょうさせる） |
| Causative passive | 賠償させられる（ばいしょうさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 賠償すれば（ばいしょうすれば） |
| tara | 賠償したら（ばいしょうしたら） |
| Volitional | 賠償しよう（ばいしょうしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 賠償しましょう（ばいしょうしましょう） |
| Imperative | 賠償しろ（ばいしょうしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym補償ほしょうNeutralFor losses from land requisition, insurance or business closure, with no wrongdoing presupposed; 「賠償」 answers for harm from unlawful acts or breach of contract.
- Synonym償金しょうきんWrittenWritten and rare: money paid to make up for damage. In everyday speech use 「賠償金」 or 「補償金」.
- Synonym弁償べんしょうNeutralUsed for paying for things you break or lose, mostly between individuals, as in 「壊した皿を弁償」; 「賠償」 typically refers to legal damages.
- Synonym償いつぐないNeutralAtonement for a wrongdoing, by money or by deeds, with a moral flavor; 「賠償」 is legal and monetary in emphasis.
- Synonym代償だいしょうNeutralRefers to the price paid for something, or to paying compensation on someone's behalf; 「賠償」 is strictly compensation for damage, never a cost.
- Synonym埋め合わせうめあわせCasualColloquial: making up for something afterwards, e.g. arranging another time after missing an appointment; 「賠償」 is legal and monetary in tone.
- Synonym弁償金べんしょうきんNeutralMoney paid to cover damage, chiefly for broken items but usable for other losses too; 「賠償」 leans toward legal damages.
- Synonym補償金ほしょうきんNeutralMoney paid to make up for a loss, not limited to public-purpose payouts like land requisition; 「賠償」 focuses on damages for unlawful or contractual harm.
- Related填補てんぽWrittenWritten style, typical of insurance and public finance: filling a deficit or making good a loss. 「賠償」 specifically means compensating damage done to others.
- Related報償ほうしょうWrittenWritten and infrequent: recompense for a loss, and it can also mean retribution. In daily use say 「補償」 or 「賠償」.
- Related報償金ほうしょうきんWrittenWritten style: a reward or bonus paid for work or an action, which sets it apart from 「賠償」, damages paid for harm.
Default to 「賠償」 for compensation for damage caused by illegal acts or breach of contract, as in 「損害賠償」. 「補償」 makes good a loss without presupposing wrongdoing (land requisition, insurance); 「弁償」 is paying for things you broke; 「償い」 is moral atonement. 「償金」, 「填補」, 「報償」 and 「報償金」 are written-style; 「埋め合わせ」 is the everyday word for making up for something.
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