受 信 料(じゅしんりょう)

じゅしんりょう

noun

reception fee; NHK license fee

1. broadcast reception fee; NHK license fee

The fee that households with a television must pay to the public broadcaster NHK under the Broadcasting Act. Collecting it, and whether people should have to pay it, is a long-running public issue.

受信料(じゅしんりょう)を払(はら)う。

To pay the reception fee.

NHKの受信料(じゅしんりょう)は口座(こうざ)振替(ふりかえ)にしている。

I pay my NHK fee by bank transfer.

テレビを持(も)っていないのに、受信料(じゅしんりょう)の集金(しゅうきん)係(がかり)が家(いえ)に来(き)て困(こま)った。

I don't even own a TV, but a fee collector came to my house and I didn't know what to do.

Payment is based on a 受信(じゅしん)契約(けいやく) (reception contract), which the law requires anyone with a TV to sign, though there is no criminal penalty for not paying.

Common collocations

受信料(じゅしんりょう)を払(はら)う / 支払(しはら)う: to pay the fee
受信料(じゅしんりょう)の未払(みはら)い: non-payment of the fee
受信料(じゅしんりょう)の集金(しゅうきん): fee collection

general

Added 2026.10.18 21:21 · Revised 2026.10.18 21:24

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