共働き

• 読み: ともばたらき
• ローマ字: tomobataraki
• 漢字の分解: 共 (tomo/kyō) — together, mutual, shared; 働 (dō/hatara) — work, labour
• 発音: /to.mo.ba.ta.ɾa.ki/

意味

Both spouses working; dual income. The most common term for a two-income household.

A noun describing a household where both partners are employed. The most widely used term for dual-income couples, more common than the synonym 共稼ぎ (tomokasegi) in everyday conversation. Frequently appears in media discussions about work-life balance, childcare, and modern family structures — 共働き世帯 (dual-income household), 共働きで子育て (raising children while both working). Functions as a no-adjective before nouns.

例文

1. 共働きなので子供は保育園に預けている。
2. 共働き世帯の数が年々増加している。
3. 共働きだと家事を分担する必要がある。

使い方ガイド

場面: family, social policy, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From native Japanese: 共 (tomo, together/mutual) + 働き (hataraki, working), the noun form of 働く (hataraku, to work). The compound directly expresses working together, emphasising the labour aspect rather than earnings.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal