Japanバイト (baito)
noun, verb · Colloquial · BAI-toh
A part-time job, and the shift you work at it. The standard word for student and casual work, used in job adverts as readily as in conversation.
Japan
Japanese Slang for Money & Work
5 Japanese slang terms for money & work, each with its meaning, how it is pronounced and an example of it in use.
Slang for cash, cost, employment and effort. Money terms are among the oldest and most durable slang in any language, and often the most regionally specific.
ブラック企業 (burakku kigyō)
noun · Colloquial · boo-RAK-koo kee-GYOH
An exploitative employer: unpaid overtime, impossible quotas, bullying, staff who leave within the year. A recognised category in public debate rather than a private joke.
コスパ (kosupa)
noun · Colloquial · KOS-pa
Value for money. コスパがいい is good value; コスパが悪い is a rip-off.
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社畜 (shachiku)
noun · Informal · SHA-chee-koo
A corporate drone: someone whose life has been wholly absorbed by their employer. Almost always self-applied, with dark humour.
割り勘 (warikan)
noun · Colloquial · wa-ree-KAN
Splitting the bill evenly — total divided by heads, not by what each person ate. The default among friends and colleagues of similar rank.