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社会保険 (しゃかいほけん, shakaihoken) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Companies are obligated to enroll their employees in social insurance.
Social insurance premiums are deducted from the monthly salary.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 社しゃ 会かい 保ほ 険けん に 加か 入にゅう する for a person to enroll in social insurance
At this company, all employees are enrolled in social insurance.
社しゃ 会かい 保ほ 険けん 料りょう を 払はら う to pay social insurance premiums
Social insurance premiums are deducted from my salary every month.
社しゃ 会かい 保ほ 険けん に 入はい る to join a social insurance program
Even part-time workers can join social insurance if they meet the conditions.
社しゃ 会かい 保ほ 険けん から 脱だっ 退たい する to withdraw from a social insurance program
When you retire, you will withdraw from social insurance.
Kanji 保 protect, guarantee, keep 険 precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position Don't confuse with 社会保険 is the umbrella term for public insurance programs, while 厚生年金 refers specifically to the employees' pension component within that system.
社会保険 broadly covers employee-based public insurance, whereas 国民健康保険 is the specific health insurance scheme for the self-employed and others outside employee coverage.
社会保険 refers specifically to the insurance schemes (health, pension, employment) that fund it, whereas 社会保障 is the overall public system that includes those insurance programs plus welfare assistance.
Etymology Compound of 社会 (society) and 保険 (insurance), reflecting the concept of insurance organized at the societal level.
社会保険 is the broader category of social insurance that includes 健康保険 along with pension and unemployment insurance, so the two are not interchangeable.
