報ほう労ろう金きん

noun

financial reward for efforts; compensation for work

General term for monetary reward given in recognition of someone's labor or contribution, not limited to legal contexts.

• ボランティアには報ほう労ろう金きんが支し払はらわれた。

  A financial reward was paid to the volunteers.

noun

finder's fee; reward for returning lost property

Legal term under Japan's Lost Property Act: remuneration paid by the owner to the finder of a lost item, typically 5–20% of the item's value.

• 落おとし物ものを届とどけたら、持もち主ぬしから報ほう労ろう金きんを受うけ取とった。

  After turning in the lost item, I received a finder's fee from the owner.