salary

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 俸 denotes pay received for work; its on-reading is ほう.
• Basic usage: 俸給(ほうきゅう) means salary; 年俸 is pay determined on a yearly basis.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Reading 年俸
  • 年俸 is read ねんぽう; in this word, 俸 becomes ぽう.
• Period used to state pay
  • 年俸 focuses on the annual amount. The word alone does not specify the payment schedule or the amount of each monthly payment.