シャドーワーク

noun

shadow work

Refers to unpaid, often invisible labor necessary for daily life, such as household chores, emotional labor, or administrative tasks. Borrowed from English, used in sociological and self-help contexts.

• 家か事じや育いく児じといったシャドーワークは、経けい済ざい的てきに評ひょう価かされにくい。

  Shadow work like housework and childcare is rarely valued economically.

• テクノロジーの進しん歩ぽで、消しょう費ひ者しゃが行おこなうシャドーワークが増ふえている。

  With technological advances, the shadow work done by consumers is increasing.