賞 金(しょうきん)

しょうきん

noun

prize money, bounty

1. prize money, cash prize, bounty

Money awarded as a prize for winning a competition, contest, or tournament. Also used for reward money offered for information or the capture of criminals.

優勝(ゆうしょう)賞金(しょうきん)は百万(ひゃくまん)円(えん)だ。

The winner's prize money is one million yen.

賞金(しょうきん)をかけたトーナメントに参加(さんか)した。

I participated in a tournament with prize money at stake.

犯人(はんにん)の情報(じょうほう)に賞金(しょうきん)がかけられた。

A bounty was placed on information about the criminal.

Usage

賞金(しょうきん) appears in sports, gaming, contests, and crime contexts. The expression 賞金(しょうきん)をかける means to put up prize money or set a bounty. In fiction, 賞金(しょうきん)稼(かせ)ぎ (bounty hunter) is a well-known term.

Common collocations

賞金(しょうきん)をかける: to put up prize money / set a bounty
優勝(ゆうしょう)賞金(しょうきん): winning prize money
賞金(しょうきん)総額(そうがく): total prize money
賞金(しょうきん)稼(かせ)ぎ: bounty hunter
賞金(しょうきん)を獲得(かくとく)する: to win prize money
高額(こうがく)賞金(しょうきん): large cash prize

Related Words

Compare: 賞品(しょうひん) (prize)

Compare: 報奨金(ほうしょうきん) (reward money)

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Added 2026.2.28 12:12 · Revised 2026.10.4 22:17

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