だいしょう
Daishou
代償 (Daishou) is a Japanese noun meaning “compensation, reparation, indemnification, price (of achieving a goal)”.
Meanings
- nouncompensation; reparation; indemnification
- nounprice (of achieving a goal); cost
- nounpaying compensation on someone's behalf
- nouncompensation
- nouncompensation; substitution
Examples
その勝利の代償は大きかった。
The victory was dearly won.
彼女は親切の代償として何も受け取らなかった。
She got nothing in reward for her kindness.
こういう特典に対して私達はどんな代償を支払わなければならないのか。
What price do we have to pay for these advantages?
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).