賃上げ

• 読み: ちんあげ
• ローマ字: chin'age
• 漢字の分解: 賃 (chin) — wages, fee, rent; 上 (a) — up, raise, increase
• 発音: /tɕiɴ.a.ge/

意味

Pay raise; wage increase. A rise in the wages or salaries paid to workers.

A central concept in Japanese labour relations, particularly in the annual spring wage negotiations (春闘, shunto). 賃上げ率 (wage increase rate) is closely watched by government and markets as an indicator of economic health and inflation expectations. The Kishida and Ishiba administrations made 賃上げ a cornerstone of economic policy. The opposite is 賃下げ (chinsage). Also used as a verbal noun (賃上げする/賃上げを実施する).

例文

1. 政府の要請を受け、大手企業が相次いで賃上げを実施することを表明した。
2. 賃上げの恩恵が中小企業の従業員にまで届くかどうかが今後の課題だ。
3. 物価上昇に追いつく賃上げが実現しなければ、実質賃金の目減りが続く。

使い方ガイド

場面: labour, economics, business, policy

トーン: positive

起源と歴史

Compound of 賃 (chin, wages/fee) and 上げ (age, raising/increasing). A transparent formation: raising (上げ) one's wages (賃). The kanji 賃 itself combines 任 (duty/responsibility) and 貝 (money/shell currency), conveying the idea of compensation for work undertaken.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal