弁償

Japanese

Kanji in this term
弁 償
べん
Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: S
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
辨償 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) べんしょー [bèńshóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bẽ̞ɰ̃ɕo̞ː]

Noun

弁(べん)償(しょう) • (benshō) ←べんしやう (bensyau)?

  1. compensation; reparation
    被害(ひがい)弁償(べんしょう)
    higai benshō
    compensation for damage

Verb

弁(べん)償(しょう)する • (benshō suru) ←べんしやう (bensyau)?suru (stem 弁(べん)償(しょう)し (benshō shi), past 弁(べん)償(しょう)した (benshō shita))

  1. to compensate; to pay reparations
    割(わ)った窓(まど)ガラスを弁償(べんしょう)する
    watta mado-garasu o benshō suru
    to pay damages for a broken window

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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