Word Meaning 代償

だいしょう daishou

代償 is read as だいしょう (daishou) and means compensation.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

だいしょう

Romaji

daishou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 3674 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

代償満足

だいしょうまんぞく

vicarious satisfaction

代償型セクハラ

だいしょうがたせくはら

quid pro quo sexual harassment

代議士

だいぎし

parliamentarian

代弁

だいべん

acting for (someone else)

代謝

たいしゃ

metabolism

代案

だいあん

alternate plan

代価

だいか

price (of achieving something)

代執行

だいしっこう

execution by proxy

代表民主主義

だいひょうみんしゅしゅぎ

representative democracy

代理投票

だいりとうひょう

voting by proxy

代数系

だいすうけい

algebraic system

代用証券

だいようしょうけん

collateral securities

Example Sentences

3

Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.

I will get revenge for this insult, you can be sure of that!

I guess having zero shame is the price of genius.