弁 償(べんしょう)

べんしょう

noun

compensation; reimbursement; paying for damages

1. compensation; reimbursement; paying for damages

Paying money to make up for loss or damage one has caused. Typically used when someone breaks, loses, or damages another person's property.

壊(こわ)したものは弁償(べんしょう)してください。

Please pay for what you broke.

友達(ともだち)の本(ほん)をなくしてしまい、弁償(べんしょう)した。

I lost my friend's book and paid to replace it.

お店(みせ)の商品(しょうひん)を落(お)として割(わ)ってしまったが、弁償(べんしょう)しなくていいと言(い)われた。

I dropped and broke a product in the store, but they told me I didn't have to pay for it.

The verb form 弁償(べんしょう)する means "to compensate" or "to pay for damages." This is a practical word that comes up in everyday situations — borrowing and losing things, accidentally breaking items, etc.

Common collocations

弁償(べんしょう)する (to compensate, to pay for)
弁償(べんしょう)を求(もと)める (to demand compensation)
弁償(べんしょう)金(きん) (compensation money)
全額(ぜんがく)弁償(べんしょう) (full reimbursement)

More everyday than the legal term 賠償(ばいしょう) (damages/reparations), which is used in formal legal contexts. 弁償(べんしょう) is what you say when you break your friend's vase; 賠償(ばいしょう) is what a lawyer says in court.

Related Words

Synonym: 賠償(ばいしょう) (formal, legal)

Compare: 返金(へんきん)する (to refund)

Compare: 償(つぐな)い (atonement)

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Added 2026.3.3 18:53 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29

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