JapanLingo

給与きゅうよ

kyuuyo

salary / wages

N3

How to remember this word

Tie 給与 to one concrete moment from your own week in Japan where “salary” came up — a word anchored to a real scene sticks far better than a definition.

Example sentences

Example 1

kyuuyo no meisai o onrain de kakunin dekimasu.

You can check your salary statement online.

Example 2

kyuuyo wa maitsuki nijuugonichi ni furikomareru koto ni natteimasu.

Salaries are transferred on the twenty-fifth of each month.