稼ぎ

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 稼ぎ is read as かせぎ and is a noun for earnings or income obtained through work or business.
• Basic usage: Giving one’s daily earnings to the family appears in 一日の稼ぎを家族に渡す, while a store’s income increasing appears in 店の稼ぎが増える.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Period and source with の
  • A period such as 一日の or a source such as 店の can modify the earnings.
• Difference from 給料
  • Unlike a regular salary paid by an employer, this word broadly covers income earned from a day’s work or a business.