信しん賞しょう

noun

rewarding merit

Almost exclusively used in the set phrase 信賞必罰 (しんしょうひつばつ), meaning 'rewarding merit and punishing offenses'. Rarely appears alone in modern Japanese.

See also: 信賞必罰

• 「信しん賞しょう必ひつ罰ばつ」の「信しん賞しょう」は、功こう績せきに応おうじて必かならず報むくいることを指さす。

  The 信賞 in 信賞必罰 refers to the principle of reliably rewarding according to merit.