賃金

ちんぎん
Alternative readings: ちんきん
Alternative writings: 賃銀
JLPT:N1
Frequency:
1

Wages; pay — money paid in return for labor. Common in discussions about employment and labor conditions.

Noun

Examples

最低賃金が来月から引き上げられる予定だ。

The minimum wage is scheduled to be raised starting next month.

残業した分の賃金はきちんと支払われるべきだ。

Overtime pay should be properly paid.

彼は賃金交渉の代表を務めている。

He is serving as the representative for wage negotiations.

2

Rental payment — in some contexts, payment for renting (similar to 賃料); the fee paid for hiring/borrowing something.

Noun

Examples

機械の賃金は月ごとに支払われる契約になっている。

The machinery rental fee is contracted to be paid monthly.

土地の賃金収入で家計を支えている農家もある。

There are farms whose household income is supported by rental payments from land.

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