手取り

• 読み: てどり
• ローマ字: tedori
• 漢字の分解: 手 (te) — hand; 取 (tori) — take, receive
• 発音: /te.do.ɾi/

意味

Take-home pay; net income after deductions such as taxes and insurance.

A noun referring to the actual amount of money one receives after all deductions (taxes, social insurance, pension contributions) have been subtracted from gross salary. Essential in discussions about salary and personal finance in Japan. The opposite concept is 額面 (gakumen, gross/face-value amount). Common expressions include 手取り○○万円 (take-home pay of XX ten-thousands of yen).

例文

1. 手取りで月二十五万円ぐらいもらっている。
2. 税金を引かれると手取りがかなり減る。
3. 手取りの額を見て生活費を計算している。

使い方ガイド

場面: salary, personal finance, job hunting, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 手 (te, hand) + 取り (tori, taking/receiving), from the verb 取る (to take). Literally 'what the hand takes,' meaning the actual amount that comes into one's possession after everything else has been deducted.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Working adults

社会的背景: Universal