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労働手段 (ろうどうしゅだん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

労ろう働どう手しゅ段だん

Meanings

1

noun

means of labor

Technical term in economics and Marxist theory, referring to the tools, machinery, and infrastructure used in production.

マルクス経けい済ざい学がくでは、労ろう働どう手しゅ段だんは生せい産さん手しゅ段だんの一いち部ぶとされる。
In Marxian economics, means of labor are considered part of the means of production.
工こう場じょうの機き械かいや道どう具ぐは重じゅう要ような労ろう働どう手しゅ段だんだ。
Factory machinery and tools are important means of labor.

Kanji

労labor, thank for, reward for
働work, (kokuji)
手hand
段

grade, steps, stairs

Similar words

生せい産さん手しゅ段だん
生産手段 (means of production) is a broader term that includes both 労働手段 (means of labor) and 労働対象 (objects of labor).
労ろう働どう対たい象しょう
労働対象 (objects of labor) refers to the raw materials or natural resources that labor is applied to, distinct from the tools and equipment (労働手段).

Etymology

Compound of 労働 (labor) and 手段 (means, method). A calque from the German 'Arbeitsmittel' used in Marxist economic theory.