賃下げ|ちんさげchinsage[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. 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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 働はたらく人ひとの給料きゅうりょうを減へらすこと。
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