最さい低てい時じ給きゅう

noun

minimum hourly wage

Refers to the legal minimum wage per hour. Often used in discussions of labor policy and part-time work.

• 最さい低てい時じ給きゅうが上あがっても、生せい活かつはまだ苦くるしい。

  Even though the minimum hourly wage has risen, life is still hard.

• この地ち域いきの最さい低てい時じ給きゅうは全ぜん国こく平へい均きんより低ひくい。

  The minimum hourly wage in this region is lower than the national average.