給 料(きゅうりょう)

きゅうりょう

noun

salary

1. salary, pay, wages

Money paid regularly to an employee for their work.

給料(きゅうりょう)は毎月(まいつき)25日(にち)に出(で)ます。

Salary is paid on the 25th of every month.

今月(こんげつ)から給料(きゅうりょう)が少(すこ)し上(あ)がりました。

My salary went up a little starting this month.

給料(きゅうりょう)だけでは生活(せいかつ)が大変(たいへん)なので、アルバイトもしています。

I can't get by on just my salary, so I also work a part-time job.

給料(きゅうりょう)から税金(ぜいきん)や保険(ほけん)が引(ひ)かれるので、手取(てど)りは思(おも)ったより少(すく)ないです。

Taxes and insurance are deducted from the salary, so the take-home pay is less than expected.

My salary dropped a little when I changed jobs, but now I can leave on time every day, so life has become easier than before.

給料(きゅうりょう) is the general term for salary or wages paid to employees.

COMMON PATTERNS:

給料(きゅうりょう)をもらう: to receive a salary
給料(きゅうりょう)が上(あ)がる: salary goes up
給料(きゅうりょう)が下(さ)がる: salary goes down
給料(きゅうりょう)から引(ひ)かれる: to be deducted from salary

RELATED TERMS:

月給(げっきゅう): monthly salary
年収(ねんしゅう): annual income
時給(じきゅう): hourly wage
給料日(きゅうりょうび): payday
手取(てど)り: take-home pay (after deductions)
額面(がくめん): gross salary (before deductions)

CULTURAL NOTE:
In Japan, many companies pay salaries on the 25th of each month. The expression 給料日前(きゅうりょうびまえ) (before payday) often implies being short on money.

Related Words

Synonym: 賃金(ちんぎん) (wages (formal))

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Added 2026.1.7 21:02 · Revised 2026.5.14 7:08

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