賠償金

• 読み: ばいしょうきん
• ローマ字: baishōkin
• 漢字の分解: 賠 (bai) — indemnify, compensate; 償 (shō) — repay, atone; 金 (kin) — money
• 発音: /baiɕoːkiɴ/

意味

Compensation; indemnity; money paid to make good damages, losses, or injuries caused by a wrongful act.

A noun in legal and diplomatic contexts. 賠償金 refers to monetary payment demanded of the responsible party — whether in civil litigation (損害賠償金), international disputes, or war reparations (戦争賠償金). It carries the implication of financial accountability for wrongdoing. Distinguished from 慰謝料 (solatium for emotional suffering) by its broader scope and often larger scale.

例文

1. 原告側は企業に対し、数千万円に上る賠償金の支払いを求めて地裁に提訴した。
2. 戦後の賠償金をめぐる外交交渉は、二国間関係を長年にわたって複雑にし続けた。
3. 裁判所は被告に対し、全治二か月の傷害に相応する賠償金の支払いを命じる判決を下した。

使い方ガイド

場面: law, litigation, diplomacy, insurance

トーン: formal

起源と歴史

From 賠 (to indemnify, compensate), 償 (to repay, atone), and 金 (money). Both 賠 and 償 carry the sense of making good on a loss; 賠 includes the shell/money radical 貝, indicating financial restitution as its core meaning.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Legal/Business