共稼ぎ[ともかせぎ] (tomokasegi)
working together, (husband and wife) earning a living together
- JLPT N1
- Pitch 0
- #62324 most frequent
Meaning
共稼ぎ (ともかせぎ, tomokasegi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “working together, (husband and wife) earning a living together”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 7
私たち夫婦は共稼ぎです
As a married couple we have a dual income.
夫婦共稼ぎ
A dual-income couple; both husband and wife working.
今では多くの家庭が共稼ぎで、夫と妻の両方が働いている。
Many families now have two breadwinners with both husbands and wives working.
アメリカでは多くの夫婦が収支をあわせるため共稼ぎをしている。
Many couples in America both work to make ends meet.
今日日(び)は男手ひとつで家族を養うことはむずかしいので共稼ぎがきわめてふつうである.
The two‐income family is commonplace today, as few husbands can support their family on a single paycheck.
あの夫婦は共かせぎしている。だが亭主の給料のほうが女房の給料よりも低い。亭主が女房の尻にしかれるのも当然だ。
He and his wife both work and his salary is lower than hers, so no wonder he is a hen-pecked husband.
これを前提とすれば、現在、有配偶の女性では、サラリーマンの妻で自らも雇用されている女性の割合が最も高いことから（第3-1-3図）、こうした夫婦の共稼ぎが多い状況の下でも、女性が出産・育児の前後で同じ条件での就業を継続できる環境を整備していくことが、出生率の向上にとって極めて重要である。
Premised on this, the fact that the highest proportion of women with spouses are presently wives of salaried workers who are themselves employed (Fig. 3-1-3) means that, given that many couples are dual earners, developing the environment for women to continue in employment under the same conditions before and after pregnancy and parenting is crucial to raising the birthrate.