Word details

過労死

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 過労死.

Dictionary

Entry

過労死うしNounIntransitive~する VerbFreq #39320
1

karōshi; death from overwork

Examples
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.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

overdo, exceed, go beyond, error

11 strokesFrequency 285JLPT N2Grade 5

On

Kun

す.ぎるす.ごすあやま.ちあやま.つよぎ.るよ.ぎる

labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble

7 strokesFrequency 398JLPT N2Grade 4

On

ロウ

Kun

ろう.するいたわ.るいた.ずきねぎらつか.れるねぎら.う

death, die

6 strokesFrequency 229JLPT N3Grade 3

On

Kun

し.ぬし.に-

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