過労死

かろうし

Meanings

1. Noun, する verb, Intransitive karōshi (i.e.: death from overwork)

Kanji

• 過 pass. Read as カ.
• 労 labor. Read as ロウ.
• 死 die. Read as シ.

Example sentences

• 死亡事例が19件と全体の20％を超えており、過労死の深刻な実態が浮き彫りになった。
  With 19 cases of death forming over 20% of the whole, the grave reality of overwork-deaths has been thrown into relief.
• トムの父親は5年前に過労死した。
  Tom's father died from karoshi five years ago.

Words containing 過労死

• 過労死ライン (かろうしライン) karōshi line (official measure of excessive hours of overtime per month)

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