稼ぎ|かせぎkasegi[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounearnings
   稼かせぎに追おいつく貧乏びんぼうなし。↗

   Poverty is a stranger to industry.

• Synonym収入しゅうにゅうNeutralThe neutral, general word for income from any source; 「稼ぎ」 stresses money earned by one's own labor and sounds more colloquial, as in 「稼ぎがいい」.
• Synonym所得しょとくWrittenWritten/formal prose and the tax-law term, as in 「所得税」; 「稼ぎ」 is the everyday word for earning money by working.
• Synonym収益しゅうえきWrittenWritten term for the earnings or returns of a business, typically a company's; 「稼ぎ」 leans toward money brought in by working, most often a person's.
• Synonym実入りみいりCasualColloquial word for income or takings, and also for how well a crop has come in; 「稼ぎ」 centers on earnings from labor.
• SynonymインカムCasualA loanword for income, mostly seen in set phrases like 「ベーシックインカム」; 「稼ぎ」 is a native Japanese word.
• Synonym稼ぎ高かせぎだかNeutralThe total amount of money earned; 「稼ぎ」 can mean the act of earning or the income itself.
• Antonym損失そんしつWrittenWritten term for a loss; it stands opposite 「稼ぎ」, the money one earns by working.

For money earned by working in everyday speech use 「稼ぎ」, as in 「稼ぎがいい」. For income in general use 「収入」, in tax contexts 「所得」, for company earnings 「収益」; 「損失」 is the opposite.

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

1. 生活せいかつのために働はたらくこと。生業せいぎょう。
2. 働はたらきによる収入しゅうにゅう。