karoshi

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

• IPA^(key): /kəˈɹəʊʃi/

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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.

   • [2007 November, Gil Schwartz, “Escape from the job monster”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 120:

     […] I am a workaholic. […] The Japanese have a word for the problem: karōshi. It means “death from overwork.”]

• guolaosi

• 九九六 (jiǔjiǔliù) (Chinese, literally 996; 9-to-9 workday and six-day workweek)

• koshari

Borrowed from Japanese 過労死 (karōshi).

• IPA^(key): /ka.ʁɔ.ʃi/

karoshi m (uncountable)

1. (business, medicine) karoshi

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