手て取どり

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JLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

take-home pay; net income

Refers to the amount of money one actually receives after deductions such as taxes and social insurance. Commonly used in contexts like salary, wages, or business income.

彼かれの手て取どりは月つきに25にじゅうご万まん円えんほどだ。

His take-home pay is about 250,000 yen a month.

手て取どりが増ふえるように、副ふく業ぎょうを始はじめた。

I started a side job so that my net income would increase.

Usage patterns

手て取どり〈数すう〉円えんa take-home pay of X yen
彼かれの給きゅう料りょうは手て取どり20にじゅう万まん円えんだ。
His take-home pay is 200,000 yen.
手て取どりが増ふえる／減へるtake-home pay increases/decreases
税ぜい金きんが上あがって手て取どりが減へった。
My take-home pay decreased because taxes went up.
手て取どりで〈事こと〉をやりくりするto manage one's finances on one's take-home pay
少すくない手て取どりで生せい活かつをやりくりしている。
I'm managing my finances on a small take-home pay.

Kanji

手hand
取take, fetch, take up

Related words

可か処しょ分ぶん所しょ得とく
可処分所得 is the formal economic term for disposable income, while 手取り is the everyday word for take-home pay.

Opposites

額がく面めん
額面 is the gross, nominal amount of salary before deductions, while 手取り is the net amount actually received after taxes and insurance.

Don't confuse with

手て取とり
手取り read てどり means take-home pay, a completely different word from 手取り read てとり, which refers to a skillful wrestler or crafty person.

Word family

手て取どり額がく
net income amount; take-home pay amount

Built from

手て+取とる

Written forms

手て取どりUsage99%
Standard kanji spelling.
手てどりUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only variant; not commonly used.

Etymology

Compound of 手 (て, 'hand') and 取り (とり, 'taking'), literally 'hand-taking', referring to the amount one actually gets in hand.