俸給|ほうきゅうhoukyuu[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounsalary (esp. public employees); wages; pay

• Synonym給与きゅうよWrittenWritten register; an umbrella term for pay including allowances, as in 「給与明細」; more broadly used than 「俸給」.
• Synonym給料きゅうりょうNeutralNeutral; the everyday word for the money an employer pays an employee, not limited to civil servants — the usual choice over 「俸給」 in daily speech.
• SynonymサラリーNeutralNeutral loanword for a fixed monthly salary; today mostly seen in 「サラリーマン」.
• Synonym賃金ちんぎんWrittenWritten-leaning term for wages as payment for labor; standard in labor law, employment terms, wage negotiations and statistics, as in 「最低賃金」.
• Related報酬ほうしゅうWrittenWritten word for remuneration for work or services; broader than wages, so not always a swap for 「俸給」.
• Related労賃ろうちんWrittenWritten term for wages paid for manual labor; keep it to formal prose.
• Related給金きゅうきんCasualColloquial and old-fashioned; pay given to hired workers or servants.
• RelatedペイCasualColloquial loanword for pay; also means being worthwhile or profitable, as in 「ペイする」.
• Related俸禄ほうろくWrittenWritten term with a historical flavor, chiefly for the stipends of samurai and officials in former times; 「俸給」 is the usual word for present-day official pay.
• Related賃銭ちんせんWrittenWritten but rarely used word for money paid for labor or for the use of a thing.

「俸給」 is the written-style term for the periodic pay of civil servants and the like, common in legal texts. In daily speech use 「給料」; for pay plus allowances, 「給与」; for wages in law and statistics, 「賃金」. 「報酬」 covers remuneration generally; 「サラリー」 survives in 「サラリーマン」; the rest are dated or specialized.

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1. 公務員こうむいんや会社員かいしゃいんが一定いっていの期間きかんに行いった労働ろうどうに対たいして支給しきゅうされる報酬ほうしゅう。