Word Meaning 時給

じきゅう jikyuu

時給 is read as じきゅう (jikyuu) and means hourly pay.

Meaning

English

  1. hourly pay
  2. hourly wage

Reading

Kana

じきゅう

Romaji

jikyuu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 4838 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

時間給

じかんきゅう

hourly pay

最低時給

さいていじきゅう

minimum (hourly) wage

時折

ときおり

sometimes

時間割

じかんわり

timetable (esp. a weekly school timetable)

時期

じき

time

時速

じそく

speed (per hour)

時限

じげん

(school) period

時差

じさ

time difference

時刻

じこく

time

時機

じき

opportunity

時報

じほう

announcement of time

時刻表

じこくひょう

timetable

Example Sentences

7

このしごとはじきゅうがたかい。

This job has a high hourly wage.

How much is your hourly pay?

I'm paid by the hour.

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

Ursule asked for a pay raise of 5 dollars and 65 cents an hour yesterday.

Tom got time and a half when he worked beyond his usual quitting time.

When I became a student of Tokyo University, the pinnacle of achievement in academic-focused Japan, the thing that most surprised me was that I could make 10,000 yen an hour as a home tutor.