頭ず脳のう労ろう働どう

noun

brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor

Refers to work that primarily involves intellectual or cognitive effort, as opposed to physical labor. Often contrasted with 肉体労働 (physical labor).

• 彼かれは頭ず脳のう労ろう働どうに従じゅう事じしている。

  He is engaged in mental work.

• 頭ず脳のう労ろう働どうと肉にく体たい労ろう働どうの境きょう界かいは曖あい昧まいになりつつある。

  The boundary between brain work and physical labor is becoming blurred.