共 働(ともばたら)き

ともばたらき

noun

dual-income; both spouses working

1. dual-income household; both spouses working

a household where both partners are employed and contribute to the family income

The number of dual-income couples is increasing.

When both work, sharing housework is important.

Even with both working, they balance work and child-rearing.

Dual-income households have outnumbered single-earner households in Japan since the late 1990s. Words that come up with it: 家事分担(かじぶんたん) (dividing the housework), 育児(いくじ)と仕事(しごと)の両立(りょうりつ) (balancing childcare and work), 待機児童(たいきじどう) (children on daycare waiting lists).

共稼(ともかせ)ぎ - the same meaning, written with 稼(かせ)ぐ (to earn); a separate, somewhat older word, not another reading of 共働(ともばたら)き

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Added 2026.1.27 20:29 · Revised 2026.9.27 7:02

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