賃金・賃銀|ちんぎんchingin[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounwages; pay
   彼かれはわたしらに少すくない賃金ちんぎんしかくれなかった。↗

   He has given us indecent wages.
2. nounrental payment

• Synonym給与きゅうよNeutralCovers pay plus allowances (「給与明細」) and is the usual term in HR and tax contexts, while 「賃金」 is the term of labor law and statistics.
• Synonym報酬ほうしゅうNeutralPayment for services or commissioned work (「弁護士報酬」); it is not tied to an employment relationship.
• Synonym給料きゅうりょうNeutralThe everyday word for one's pay (「給料日」); the most common choice in speech, where 「賃金」 sounds technical.
• Synonym労賃ろうちんWrittenWritten term for labor's remuneration, found mainly in economics and in older-style usage.
• Synonym給金きゅうきんNeutralOld-fashioned word for wages for work, with a period flavor; survives in period dramas and sumo (「給金直し」).
• Synonym俸給ほうきゅうFormalFormal term for civil servants' pay (「俸給表」), the wording of laws and regulations.
• SynonymサラリーNeutralLoanword for a (monthly) salary; best known from 「サラリーマン」.
• SynonymペイNeutralColloquial loanword for pay, also used for something paying off or being worth it (「ペイする」).
• Synonym賃銭ちんせんWrittenWritten, old-fashioned word for wages or hire fees; rarely used today.
• Related俸禄ほうろくWrittenStipend of samurai and officials; a historical term.

「賃金」 is the formal umbrella term for wages, as in 「最低賃金」. In daily speech say 「給料」; in HR and tax contexts 「給与」; for fees for commissioned work 「報酬」; for civil servants 「俸給」. The loanword 「ペイ」 is colloquial, 「サラリー」 lives on mainly in 「サラリーマン」, and 「俸禄」 is historical.

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

1. 労働ろうどうの対価たいかとして給付きゅうふされる金銭きんせん。
2. 原価げんか計算けいさんでは、製造せいぞう工程こうていにかかわる者もの（いわゆる「ブルーカラー」層そう）のものをいい、管理者かんりしゃや管理かんり事務じむの者もの（いわゆる「ホワイトカラー」層そう）のものは、給料きゅうりょうという。前者ぜんしゃ（本稿ほんこう）は"wage"の訳語やくごであり、後者こうしゃは"salary"の訳語やくごである。
3. 鉄道てつどうを利用りようする際さいに支払しはらう代金だいきん。運賃うんちんと料金りょうきん。