Illustration: Behind the counter of a Japanese neighborhood bakery, a manager explains pay to a new assistant using a mechanical sixty-minute timer with simple tick marks. Its hand has returned to the top after a complete circuit, and the manager places a small stack of coins beside it.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

時じ給きゅう

jikyuu

hourly wage

Example sentences

  1. 給料きゅうりょうは時給じきゅう制せいなんだ。

    I’m paid by the hour.

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  2. 時給じきゅうはいくら？

    How much is your hourly pay?

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. あの修理工しゅうりこうたちは時給じきゅう一万円いちまんえんももらっている。

    Those mechanics are paid as much as ten thousand yen per hour.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 時給

  • 時time; hourOnジKunとき
  • 給salary; wageOnキュウKunたまう・たもう

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