Practice JLPTMeaning
給料 (きゅうりょう, kyuuryou) is a JLPT N3 noun meaning “salary,wages”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
来年から 給料が 上がります。
I'm getting a pay raise as of next year.
毎年 給料が 上がる。
My salary goes up every year.
給料は二万円でも、ないよりましだ。
Although the salary is just 20,000 yen it's better than nothing.
初めての給料は雀の涙ほどのものだった。
The salary I got for the first time was barely anything.
大学の先生は給料が低い代わりに自由がある。
College professors' salaries are low, but (instead) they have freedom.
仕事は増えるわ給料が下がるわ、今の状況は最悪だ。
We have more work to do, and our salaries have been cut; the current situation could not be worse.
こんな給料をもらう（くらい）なら辞めた方がましだ。
If this is the salary, it would be better to quit.
彼らはここぞとばかりに自分たちの給料の安さを訴えた。
Seeming to have decided that this was a great opportunity, they protested that their wages were low.
うちでは給料日のたびに銀座のレストランで食事をします。
Our family eats at a restaurant in Ginza every payday.
社が会社ならもう少しましな給料を出してくれるのだろうが。
If my company were a really good one, it would probably pay a bit better salary, but…
この仕事は給料がいいし、その上、時々外国に行く機会もある。
This job pays a good salary, and what's more, it offers opportunities to go abroad from time to time.
真理は婚約者の給料が安いの背が低いのと勝手なことを言っている。
Mari is saying selfish things such as how low her fiancé's salary is, how short he is, etc.