karoshi
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Japanese 過労死 (karōshi), from 過労 (karō, “overwork”) + 死 (shi, “death”).
Noun [edit]
karoshi (uncountable)
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): Death, such as from heart attack or stroke, brought on by overwork or job-related stress.
- 1976, Bill Henderson, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, Pushcart Press, page 207:
- For a while he began to speak Japanese, rather slangy, never having seemed to learn it — karoshi for death from overwork, yakitaori-ya for eatery, and gaijin for clumsy foreigner.
- 1976, Bill Henderson, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, Pushcart Press, page 207:
