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労働 (ろうどう, roudou) Japanese meaning: labor | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation 労働する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 労ろう 働どう する 労ろう 働どう しない Polite 労ろう 働どう します 労ろう 働どう しません Past polite 労ろう 働どう しました 労ろう 働どう しませんでした Past 労ろう 働どう した 労ろう 働どう しなかった Te-form 労ろう 働どう して 労ろう 働どう しないで Desire 労ろう 働どう したい 労ろう 働どう したくない Potential 労ろう 働どう できる 労ろう 働どう できない Passive 労ろう 働どう される 労ろう 働どう されない Causative 労ろう 働どう させる 労ろう 働どう させない Causative passive 労ろう 働どう させられる 労ろう 働どう させられない Volitional 労ろう 働どう しよう Polite volitional 労ろう 働どう しましょう Imperative 労ろう 働どう しろ 労ろう 働どう するな Conditional 労ろう 働どう すれば 労ろう 働どう しなければ Tara conditional 労ろう 働どう したら 労ろう 働どう しなかったら
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時じ
間かん
労ろう
働どう
が
社しゃ
会かい
問もん
題だい
に
なっ
て
いる
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Long working hours have become a social problem.
Workers have the right to labor in a safe environment.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 労ろう 働どう する for someone to work (in a formal or institutional sense)
Many immigrants work in this country.
労ろう 働どう に 従じゅう 事じ する to engage in labor
He has been engaged in agricultural labor for many years.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 労ろう 働どう を 強し いる to force someone into labor
労ろう 働どう 条じょう 件けん を 改かい 善ぜん する to improve working conditions
The company was asked to improve its working conditions.
Kanji 労 labor, thank for, reward for Related words· 7 仕事 is the everyday word for a job or task, while 労働 is the more formal, often economic or institutional term for labor.
働く is the ordinary verb for working, whereas 労働する sounds more formal and is used when discussing labor conditions, rights, or workers as a class.
勤労 carries an official or moral tone toward diligent work, as in 勤労感謝の日, while 労働 is the broader, more neutral term for labor and employment.
労働 is the broad general term for work or labor, covering both physical and mental effort, while 労務 refers more narrowly to manual or blue-collar labor in administrative or legal contexts.
Show 3 more 労働 refers to labor or work as an economic/social activity, while 就労 specifically means being employed or engaged in a job.
労働 is a formal, often legal or economic term for labor, whereas 働き is broader and used in everyday speech.
労働 is a broader, more societal term for labor (often physical), while 勤務 refers narrowly to one's employment duties at a workplace.
Opposites 労働 means labor or work, the direct opposite activity to 休息 (rest).
労働 is work or labor, contrasted with 娯楽, which is amusement or leisure activity done for enjoyment rather than duty.
労働 means work or labor, the conceptual opposite of 遊戯, which means play or games.
Don't confuse with 労働 means ordinary labor or work in general, while 労作 specifically implies toil that is unusually hard or, as a noun, a work that shows the fruits of such toil.
労働 means labor as an activity or work itself, while 労力 means the effort or energy spent doing something.
労働 means the act of labor or work itself, while 労働者 is the person who performs that labor; learners often confuse the abstract noun with the person noun.
Written forms 労ろう 働どう Usage 100%
Standard and common kanji spelling.
労ろう 動どう Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; use 労働 in normal writing.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound conventionally written with 労, associated with toil or effort, and 働, associated with working. This is a useful spelling explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.
During the war, many people were forced into harsh labor.
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働どう
条じょう
件けん
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labor union; labour union; trade union
