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家事労働 (かじろうどう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

家か事じ労ろう働どう

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Meanings

1

housework; domestic labor

Refers to unpaid household chores, often discussed in contexts of gender roles, economics, or time-use studies.

家か事じ労ろう働どうの分ぶん担たんについて話はなし合あ

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た

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We discussed the division of housework.

家か事じ労ろう働どうは経けい済ざい的てきに評ひょう価かされにくい。

Domestic labor is rarely valued economically.

Kanji

家house, home, family
事matter, thing, fact
労labor, thank for, reward for
働work, (kokuji)

Related words

家か事じ
家事 is the common everyday word for 'housework' or 'chores'. 家事労働 is a more formal or analytical term, often used in sociological or economic discussions.

Built from

家か事じ+労ろう働どう

Etymology

Compound of 家事 (household matters) and 労働 (labor). The term is a modern coinage reflecting the conceptualization of unpaid domestic work as labor.