慰 謝 料(いしゃりょう)

いしゃりょう

noun

consolation money; damages; compensation for emotional distress

formallegal

1. consolation money; damages for emotional suffering; compensation

Money paid as compensation for mental or emotional suffering caused by someone's wrongful act. A legal term commonly encountered in divorce cases, personal injury, and defamation.

慰謝料(いしゃりょう)を請求(せいきゅう)した。

I filed a claim for damages.

離婚(りこん)の際(さい)に慰謝料(いしゃりょう)を支払(しはら)った。

He paid consolation money at the time of the divorce.

交通(こうつう)事故(じこ)の慰謝料(いしゃりょう)の金額(きんがく)をめぐって裁判(さいばん)になった。

It went to court over the amount of compensation for the traffic accident.

A legal term that has become widely known through media coverage of divorce and accident cases.

Common collocations

慰謝料(いしゃりょう)を請求(せいきゅう)する (to claim damages)
慰謝料(いしゃりょう)を支払(しはら)う (to pay damages)
慰謝料(いしゃりょう)を受(う)け取(と)る (to receive damages)
離婚(りこん)慰謝料(いしゃりょう) (divorce settlement money)

Usage

In Japanese law, 慰謝料(いしゃりょう) specifically compensates for emotional or psychological suffering, distinct from 損害賠償(そんがいばいしょう) (general damages, including material losses). It is most commonly associated with divorce cases involving infidelity.

Related Words

Related: 慰(なぐさ)める (to comfort, to console)

Compare: 見舞金(みまいきん) (sympathy money)

Compare: 損害賠償(そんがいばいしょう) (compensation for damages)

Compare: 賠償金(ばいしょうきん) (compensation)

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Added 2026.3.3 21:53 · Revised 2026.10.8 9:24

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