給与|きゅうよkyuuyo[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- nounpay; salary; wages
- noun, suru verb, transitive verballowance; grant; supply; providing with
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 給与する（きゅうよする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 給与します（きゅうよします） |
| Negative (nai) | 給与しない（きゅうよしない） |
| polite (masen) | 給与しません（きゅうよしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 給与せず・給与せぬ（きゅうよせず・きゅうよせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 給与した（きゅうよした） |
| polite (mashita) | 給与しました（きゅうよしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 給与しなかった（きゅうよしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 給与しませんでした（きゅうよしませんでした） |
| Te form | 給与して（きゅうよして） |
| Potential | 給与できる（きゅうよできる） |
| Passive | 給与される（きゅうよされる） |
| Causative | 給与させる（きゅうよさせる） |
| Causative passive | 給与させられる（きゅうよさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 給与すれば（きゅうよすれば） |
| tara | 給与したら（きゅうよしたら） |
| Volitional | 給与しよう（きゅうよしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 給与しましょう（きゅうよしましょう） |
| Imperative | 給与しろ（きゅうよしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym賃金ちんぎんNeutralLegal and economic term for pay for labor, as in 「最低賃金」; 「給与」 is the broader umbrella covering wages plus various allowances.
- Synonym給料きゅうりょうNeutralThe everyday word for salary or wages; 「給与」 is more formal and typical of company documents and tax paperwork.
- Synonym労賃ろうちんWrittenWritten word for pay as the price of labor; 「給与」 is the umbrella term for wages plus allowances, and in daily speech 「賃金」 is more common.
- Synonym給金きゅうきんWrittenOld-fashioned term for the wages of hired workers, sumo wrestlers and the like; today people say 「給料」.
- Synonym俸給ほうきゅうWrittenWritten term for civil-service pay, still used in the modern system, as in 「俸給表」; ordinary companies speak of 「給与」.
- SynonymサラリーNeutralLoanword for a fixed salary, familiar from 「サラリーマン」; 「給与」 leans toward formal document language.
- SynonymペイCasualColloquial loanword for pay or rewards, as in 「ペイがいい」; 「給与」 is the formal choice.
- Synonym支給しきゅうNeutralThe act of paying out money or goods, as in 「交通費支給」; 「給与」 can work as a verb too but mostly refers to the pay itself.
- Related報酬ほうしゅうNeutralReward for work done or services rendered, not limited to employment, as in 「弁護士報酬」; 「給与」 mainly means employee pay.
- Related俸禄ほうろくWrittenHistorical term for the stipends of samurai and officials; not used for modern wages.
- Related賃銭ちんせんWrittenOld-fashioned word for wages or pay for handwork; in everyday speech 「賃金」 is used.
Use 「給与」 for pay in formal contexts such as company documents and tax paperwork; for everyday talk of salary, 「給料」 is the natural choice. 「賃金」 is the legal and economic term, 「報酬」 covers rewards beyond employment, and 「支給」 names the act of paying out. The remaining words are loanwords, written or dated terms with narrower uses.
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