償

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reparation

On-Yomi: ショウ — Kun-Yomi: つぐな.う

Koohii stories:

1) [smithsonian] 4-2-2007(150): Mr. T says, "This ain't no prize, foo! This is reparations for slavery!".

2) [dingomick] 5-3-2007(72): NOTE: do not confuse with compensation (#476 賠)賠. However, 賠 is always used in conjunction 賠償 … But 償 is used in various other compounds. Mr. T sold all his jewelry to give as reparations to slave families. The governent tried to honor his charity by giving him a prize, but it was a shitty outhouse filled with clams.

3) [noname] 16-12-2007(47): A good PERSON would use his PRIZE money to pay REPARATIONS to those he harmed.

4) [atylmo] 11-10-2008(39): Mr. T was forced to give up his prized gold chains as a reparation to all the fools he had pitied.

5) [darg_sama] 7-11-2005(19): Reparations are a monetary prize that people receive for being wronged or slighted in the past.

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