karoshi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 過労死 (karōshi), from 過労 (karō, “overwork”) + 死 (shi, “death”).

Noun

karoshi (uncountable)

1. 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.

   • 2006, Ronald J. Burke, Research Companion to Working Time and Work Addiction, page 158:

     Second, we discuss the problem of karoshi, which is unique to Japan. Karoshi has become an increasingly serious problem.

Synonyms

• guolaosi

Translations

death from overwork

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過勞死／过劳死 (zh) (guòláosǐ), 过劳死 (zh) (guòláosǐ)

• Japanese: 過労死 (かろうし, karōshi)
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• Korean: 과로사 (ko) (gwarosa)
• Russian: каро́си (ru) f (karósi)

Anagrams

• koshari