年金

• 読み: ねんきん
• ローマ字: nenkin
• 漢字の分解: 年 (nen) — year; 金 (kin) — money, gold
• 発音: /neŋkin/

意味

Pension; annuity. A regular payment made to retired or disabled persons, typically by the state or a private fund.

A compound of 年 (year) and 金 (money). Japan's public pension system consists of the 国民年金 (National Pension, covering all residents) and the 厚生年金 (Employees' Pension Insurance, covering salaried workers). The sustainability of the pension system — given Japan's rapidly ageing population and declining birth rate — is one of the most debated policy issues in contemporary Japan.

例文

1. 老後の生活を支えるため、年金保険料は毎月欠かさず納めている。
2. 少子高齢化が進む中、年金制度の持続可能性が問われている。
3. 受給年齢が引き上げられたため、年金をもらえる時期が遠のいた。

使い方ガイド

場面: social welfare, finance, retirement, public policy

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 年 (nen) — year, and 金 (kin) — money, gold. The concept of a regular annual payment was formalised in Japanese law with the National Pension Act (国民年金法) of 1959, though earlier government pension schemes existed from the Meiji era.

文化的背景

時代: Shōwa–Reiwa

世代: All ages

社会的背景: General