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出稼ぎ (でかせぎ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
working away from home ; migrant work
Often refers to leaving one's hometown or country to work, especially for seasonal or temporary labor. Can be used as a noun or with する to describe the action.
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Many people go abroad to work as migrant laborers.
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noun
migrant worker ; person working away from home
Refers to the person who engages in such work. Common in discussions of labor migration.
Written forms 出で 稼かせ ぎ Usage 92%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
デカセギ Usage 4%
出で かせぎ Usage 4%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; not a standard written variant.
Kanji 稼 earnings, work, earn money Similar words 移い 民みん 移民 refers to immigrants or permanent settlers, while 出稼ぎ implies temporary work away from home with the intention of returning.
単たん 身しん 赴ふ 任にん 単身赴任 is a company transfer where an employee lives apart from family, whereas 出稼ぎ is typically for manual or seasonal labor and may be self-initiated.
Etymology Compound of 出 (で, 'out') and 稼ぎ (かせぎ, 'earning'), from the verb 稼ぐ (かせぐ, 'to earn'). Literally 'going out to earn'.
