給金|きゅうきんkyuukin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun(one's) pay; wages

• Synonym賃金ちんぎんNeutralThe standard word for wages in law and statistics, e.g. 「最低賃金」; 「給金」 is the old-fashioned equivalent.
• Synonym給与きゅうよWrittenWritten/formal prose term for pay including the various allowances; 「給金」 has an old-fashioned ring beside it.
• Synonym給料きゅうりょうNeutralThe everyday word for pay and by far the most common; 「給金」 is an old term heard mostly in period dramas.
• SynonymサラリーNeutralLoanword for a monthly salary, used mostly of office workers.
• SynonymペイCasualColloquial loanword for pay or a reward; it can also mean that something pays off, i.e. is worthwhile.
• Synonym賃銭ちんせんWrittenA written, old-fashioned word for wages or pay for one's labor.
• Related報酬ほうしゅうNeutralReward or remuneration for work, services or help; unlike 「給金」, not limited to an employment relationship.
• Related労賃ろうちんNeutralWages earned for labor; somewhat old-fashioned and close to 「給金」 in feel — today 「賃金」 is the usual word.
• Related俸給ほうきゅうFormalFormal term for the salary paid to public employees and company staff; 「給金」 is the older, more colloquial word.
• Related俸禄ほうろくWrittenHistorical term for the stipend of samurai and officials.

「給金」 is an old word for pay, now heard mainly for servants' or apprentices' wages and in period dramas. In modern Japanese the everyday choice is 「給料」; in formal or written contexts use 「給与」 or 「賃金」 (the legal/statistical term). 「報酬」 covers rewards beyond employment, 「俸給」 is formal for civil servants' and company salaries, and 「俸禄」 is the historical samurai stipend.

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1. 労働ろうどうの対価たいかとして支払しはらわれる金銭きんせん。給料きゅうりょう。賃金ちんぎん。