投げ銭機能
なげせんきのう
noun
tipping feature; donation function (on a live-streaming or social media platform)
1.
tipping feature; donation function (on a live-streaming platform)
An online feature that allows viewers to send money to a streamer, creator, or performer in real time while watching or reading their content. Common on live-streaming sites, video platforms, and social media, where it serves as direct viewer-to-creator financial support.
投げ銭機能を使う。
To use the tipping feature.
このサービスには投げ銭機能がある。
This service has a tipping feature.
配信者は投げ銭機能で収入を得ている。
Streamers earn income through the tipping feature.
最近の動画プラットフォームでは、投げ銭機能を導入することでクリエイター}を{支援する仕組みが整いつつある。
Recent video platforms are putting in place systems to support creators by introducing tipping features.
Composed of 投げ銭 (tossing a coin; tip, historically a coin tossed to street performers) and 機能 (function; feature). The original 投げ銭 referred to coins thrown to traveling musicians and street performers; the modern digital usage extends this image to online platforms.
USAGE:
A 21st-century tech term. You will see it on service-description pages, news articles about streamers, and in conversations about YouTube, Twitch, niconico, and similar platforms. The 機能 part can be dropped when context is clear — people often just say 投げ銭をもらう (to receive a tip). On English-language platforms, the feature often has brand names like "Super Chat," "Bits," or "Tips," which in Japanese are grouped under 投げ銭機能.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 投げ銭機能を使う: to use the tipping feature
- 投げ銭機能を導入する: to introduce a tipping feature
- 投げ銭を送る: to send a tip
- 投げ銭で応援する: to support (a creator) with tips
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 投げ銭: tip; money tossed to a performer — the base noun, used alone or as a verb with する
- {チップ}: tip (foreign-style gratuity) — used for tipping in restaurants and services rather than online content
- スーパーチャット}: Super Chat — a specific implementation of {投げ銭機能 on YouTube Live
- 課金: paid usage; in-app purchases — broader concept covering any payment to a service