賃下げ|ちんさげchinsage[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbpay cut
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 賃下げする(ちんさげする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 賃下げします(ちんさげします) |
| Negative (nai) | 賃下げしない(ちんさげしない) |
| polite (masen) | 賃下げしません(ちんさげしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 賃下げせず・賃下げせぬ(ちんさげせず・ちんさげせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 賃下げした(ちんさげした) |
| polite (mashita) | 賃下げしました(ちんさげしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 賃下げしなかった(ちんさげしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 賃下げしませんでした(ちんさげしませんでした) |
| Te form | 賃下げして(ちんさげして) |
| Potential | 賃下げできる(ちんさげできる) |
| Passive | 賃下げされる(ちんさげされる) |
| Causative | 賃下げさせる(ちんさげさせる) |
| Causative passive | 賃下げさせられる(ちんさげさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 賃下げすれば(ちんさげすれば) |
| tara | 賃下げしたら(ちんさげしたら) |
| Volitional | 賃下げしよう(ちんさげしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 賃下げしましょう(ちんさげしましょう) |
| Imperative | 賃下げしろ(ちんさげしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym減俸げんぽうFormalFormal, means cutting a salary and is often a disciplinary measure for civil servants; 「賃下げ」 is a wage cut in labor-management settings.
- Synonym減給げんきゅうNeutralA pay cut often imposed as punishment, as in 「減給処分」; applies to one person or a whole staff, while 「賃下げ」 usually means wages lowered between labor and management.
- Synonym給与カットNeutralLoanword-mixed term for cutting pay; colloquial and common in news reports, it stresses the pay-cut measure itself.
- Antonym賃上げちんあげNeutralAntonym: a wage increase or pay rise, as in 「春闘の賃上げ」; the direct opposite of 「賃下げ」.
Use 「賃下げ」 for lowering workers' wages, typical in labor-management contexts. Disciplinary pay cuts are 「減給」 or formal 「減俸」; colloquially say 「給与カット」. The opposite is 「賃上げ」.
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