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待遇 (たいぐう, taiguu) Japanese meaning: treatment | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 10,000 Conjugation 待遇する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 待たい 遇ぐう する 待たい 遇ぐう しない Polite 待たい 遇ぐう します 待たい 遇ぐう しません Past polite 待たい 遇ぐう しました 待たい 遇ぐう しませんでした Past 待たい 遇ぐう した 待たい 遇ぐう しなかった Te-form 待たい 遇ぐう して 待たい 遇ぐう しないで Desire 待たい 遇ぐう したい 待たい 遇ぐう したくない Potential 待たい 遇ぐう できる 待たい 遇ぐう できない Passive 待たい 遇ぐう される 待たい 遇ぐう されない Causative 待たい 遇ぐう させる 待たい 遇ぐう させない Causative passive 待たい 遇ぐう させられる 待たい 遇ぐう させられない Volitional 待たい 遇ぐう しよう Polite volitional 待たい 遇ぐう しましょう Imperative 待たい 遇ぐう しろ 待たい 遇ぐう するな Conditional 待たい 遇ぐう すれば 待たい 遇ぐう しなければ Tara conditional 待たい 遇ぐう したら 待たい 遇ぐう しなかったら
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This hotel provides good service.
Companies should treat employees fairly.
Usage patterns 待たい 遇ぐう を 受う ける to receive (a certain kind of) treatment
He received special treatment.
待たい 遇ぐう がいい ／ 悪わる い (a job) to have good/bad pay and working conditions
This company offers good working conditions and pay.
〈 事こと 〉 待たい 遇ぐう で 働はたら く to work under conditions equivalent to a certain employment status
He works under conditions equivalent to a full-time employee.
Kanji 遇 meet, encounter, interview Related words· 9 処遇 is a more formal, often legal or HR term for how a person (e.g. an employee or offender) is handled, while 待遇 is the everyday word covering both social treatment and job conditions.
扱い refers to how someone or something is concretely handled or dealt with, while 待遇 focuses on the overall quality of treatment someone receives, especially socially or at work.
応対 is specifically about how staff receive and respond to customers or visitors, whereas 待遇 covers treatment more broadly, including long-term employment conditions.
給料 refers narrowly to salary or wages, while 待遇 covers the whole package of pay, benefits, and working conditions.
Show 5 more 待遇 is the broader term for how an employee is treated overall, including salary and benefits, while 福利厚生 refers specifically to non-wage benefits like insurance and allowances.
待遇 is the neutral word for how someone is treated (pay, status, etc.), while 冷遇 specifically means being treated coldly or badly.
待遇 describes formal treatment or reception (e.g. at work) that can be good or bad, whereas 仕打ち is personal and always negative.
Don't confuse with 対偶 is a logic term meaning 'contraposition' and is pronounced identically to 待遇 but has nothing to do with treatment or working conditions.
待遇 (treatment, benefits given to an employee) shares the kanji 待 with 待機 but has nothing to do with waiting or standby.
優遇 specifically means favorable treatment, whereas 待遇 is a neutral term for the conditions or treatment someone receives, which may be good or bad.
Word family discriminatory treatment; discrimination
improvement of working conditions; better treatment
attitudinal expression; expression of treatment
Etymology Compound of 待 (wait, treat) and 遇 (meet, treat). The combination conveys the idea of how one is met or treated, extending to employment conditions.
働どう
条じょう
件けん
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待遇 covers the overall treatment and benefits an employee receives, whereas 労働条件 specifically denotes the agreed-upon terms of employment like pay and hours.
待遇する is a formal word for treating someone in a certain way (often in employment contexts), while 扱う is more general and everyday.
べつ
待たい
遇ぐう
special treatment; preferential treatment
most favored nation treatment; MFN status
