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補填 (ほてん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
covering a loss or deficit ; making up for ; compensating ; supplementation
Used especially in financial, business, or formal contexts for filling a gap, covering a shortfall, or compensating for something lacking. Often appears as 補填する.
けい
験けん
不ぶ
足そく
を
努ど
力りょく
で
補ほ
填てん
しよう
と
し
た
。
He tried to make up for his lack of experience with hard work.
Written forms 補ほ 填てん Usage 13%
Standard kanji form; the most common spelling in news and formal writing.
補ほ てん Usage 61%
Mixed kana-kanji spelling used when the second kanji is considered difficult or not in common use.
補ほ 塡てん Usage 26%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the second character is the original but is now largely replaced by 填.
Kanji 補 supplement, supply, make good 塡 fill in, fill up, make good Similar words 補ほ 償しょう 補償 is compensation for damage or loss, often with a legal or moral obligation, while 補填 is more about filling a financial or quantitative gap.
埋う め 合あ わせ 埋め合わせ is a more casual, everyday term for making up for a mistake or inconvenience, whereas 補填 is formal and often used in business or accounting.
Etymology Compound of 補 (supplement, compensate) and 填 (fill, plug). The original form used 塡, but 填 is now standard.
