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同盟罷業 (doumeihigyou) Japanese meaning: strike | Kotomora

同どう盟めい罷ひ業ぎょう

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Meanings

1

strike; walkout

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)›

A formal, somewhat dated term for a labor strike. In modern Japanese, ストライキ or スト is far more common in everyday speech.

新しん聞ぶんの

歴れき

史し

記き

事じ

で

「

同どう

盟めい

罷ひ

業ぎょう

」

と

いう

言こと

葉ば

を

見み

た

。

I saw the word '同盟罷業' in a historical newspaper article.

戦せん前ぜんの労ろう働どう運うん動どうでは同どう盟めい罷ひ業ぎょうがしばしば行おこなわれた。

In the prewar labor movement, strikes were frequently carried out.

Kanji

同same, agree, equal
盟alliance, oath
罷quit, stop, leave
業business, vocation, arts

Related words

ストライキN1
同盟罷業 is an old-fashioned, legalistic term for a strike, while ストライキ is the common, modern loanword used in everyday and news contexts.

Word family

総そう同どう盟めい罷ひ業ぎょう
general strike

Built from

同どう盟めい+罷ひ業ぎょう

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 同盟 (alliance) and 罷業 (suspension of work). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it was used in early labor movements to describe organized work stoppages.