受じゅ信しん料りょう

noun

broadcast reception fee; TV/radio license fee

Refers to the mandatory fee paid by households and businesses in Japan to NHK for receiving broadcast signals, regardless of actual viewing.

• NHKの受じゅ信しん料りょうを毎まい年とし支し払はらっている。

  I pay the NHK reception fee every year.

• 受じゅ信しん料りょうの支し払はらいを免めん除じょされる世せ帯たいもある。

  Some households are exempt from paying the reception fee.