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奴隷労働 (doreiroudou) Japanese meaning: slave labor | Kotomora

奴ど隷れい労ろう働どう

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Meanings

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Refers to forced, unpaid work under threat of violence or punishment, historically or in modern contexts such as human trafficking.

古こ代だいローマでは奴ど隷れい労ろう働どうが経けい済ざいを支ささえ

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In ancient Rome, slave labor supported the economy.

その工こう場じょうでは移い民みんが奴ど隷れい労ろう働どうを強しいられていた。

Immigrants were forced into slave labor at that factory.

Kanji

奴guy, slave, manservant
隷slave, servant, prisoner
労labor, thank for, reward for
働work, (kokuji)

Related words

強きょう制せい労ろう働どう
Forced labor, a broader term that includes slave labor but also other forms of compulsory work, such as prison labor or wartime conscription.

Built from

奴ど隷れい+労ろう働どう

Etymology

Compound of 奴隷 (slave) and 労働 (labor), directly corresponding to the English term.