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    3. 代償

    代償

    代だい償しょう

    compensation

    KMT7News #15+1CoreNounBusiness & FinanceEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    だいしょう

    Noun

    1.
    compensation, reparation, indemnification
    2.
    price (of achieving a goal), cost
    3.
    paying compensation on someone's behalf
    4.
    compensation
    biology
    5.
    compensation, substitution
    psychology

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    成せい功こうには大おおきな代だい償しょうが伴ともなうことがある。

    Success can sometimes come with a great cost.

    KMT6Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれはその過あやまちの代だい償しょうを払はらわなければならなかった。

    He had to pay the price for that mistake.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    企き業ぎょうは顧こ客きゃくに損そん害がいを与あたえた代だい償しょうとして、賠ばい償しょう金きんを支し払はらった。

    The company paid compensation as a price for causing damage to customers.

    KMT7Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    彼かれの嘘うそは、信しん頼らいという大おおきな代だい償しょうを伴ともなった。

    His lie came with the great cost of trust.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    環かん境きょう破は壊かいの代だい償しょうは、将しょう来らいの世せ代だいが負おうことになるだろう。

    The cost of environmental destruction will be borne by future generations.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
    償
    つぐな.う…(1)
    reparation・make up for・recompense・redeem
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