労賃|ろうちんrouchin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounwages

• Synonym賃金ちんぎんNeutralThe standard word for wages in legal and statistical writing. 「労賃」 leans toward pay for manual labour, while 「賃金」 is neutral and far more common.
• Synonym給与きゅうよWrittenA formal, written-style term covering salary plus various allowances, as in 「給与明細」; broader than 「労賃」, which refers only to pay for labour.
• Synonym給料きゅうりょうNeutralThe everyday word for pay or salary. 「労賃」 focuses on compensation for labour and carries an old-fashioned flavour, so 「給料」 is the default in speech.
• SynonymサラリーNeutralA loanword for a fixed monthly salary, typically for office workers, as in 「サラリーマン」; 「労賃」 instead evokes wages for manual work.
• Related報酬ほうしゅうNeutralRemuneration or a reward for services, not limited to employment, as in 「成功報酬」; 「労賃」 specifically means wages paid for labour.
• Related月給げっきゅうNeutralA monthly salary, contrasted with 「日給」 and 「時給」; 「労賃」 is not tied to a pay period and suggests wages for manual labour.
• Related給金きゅうきんWrittenAn old-fashioned, written-style word for pay, now rarely used; 「労賃」 is also dated but still seen in writing about manual-labour wages.
• Related俸給ほうきゅうFormalA formal term, used above all for the salary of civil servants; 「労賃」 is the general word for wages paid for labour, leaning toward manual work.
• RelatedペイCasualA colloquial loanword meaning pay, and also profitability, as in 「ペイする」; far more casual than 「労賃」.
• Antonym無償むしょうNeutralThe opposite of paid work: no payment, free of charge — in contrast to the labour compensation that 「労賃」 denotes.

Use 「労賃」 for pay for manual labour such as construction work, as in 「労賃が上がる」; it sounds old-fashioned. In daily speech say 「給料」, in legal or statistical contexts 「賃金」, and for civil servants 「俸給」. 「無償」 means free of charge.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 労働ろうどうに対たいする賃銀ちんぎん。労銀ろうぎん。