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サラリー (sararii) Japanese meaning: salary | Kotomora
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His salary is 500,000 yen a month.
My salary went up, so I decided to move.
Related words 給料 is the traditional Japanese word for salary or wages and is used across all job types, while サラリー is a loanword mainly used in business or white-collar contexts.
賃金 is a formal economic term for wages, often for hourly or manual labor, whereas サラリー suggests a fixed monthly pay for office work.
年俸 specifically means an annual salary figure (common for athletes or executives), while サラリー usually refers to regular pay without specifying the period.
サラリー is the full loanword for 'salary' used as a standalone noun, while サラ is its clipped form used only inside compounds like 脱サラ.
Etymology Borrowed from English 'salary'.
