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働き過ぎる (はたらきすぎる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

働はたらき過すぎる

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Meanings

1

ichidan verb

overwork; work too much

Describes working excessively, often to the point of harming one's health or well-being.

彼かれは毎まい日にち働はたらき過すぎて、体からだを壊こわした。
He overworked every day and ruined his health.
働はたらき過すぎないように気きをつけ

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ください

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Please be careful not to overwork.

Written forms

働はたらき過すぎる
Standard kanji spelling using 過ぎる for the auxiliary verb.
働はたらきすぎる
Common variant with すぎる in kana; both spellings are widely used.

Kanji

働work, (kokuji)
過overdo, exceed, go beyond

Similar words

過か労ろう
過労 is a noun meaning 'overwork' or 'excessive labor', often used in formal contexts like 過労死 (death from overwork). 働き過ぎる is a verb describing the action of working too much.
働はたらく
働く is the base verb 'to work'. 働き過ぎる adds the auxiliary 過ぎる to express excessive work.

Etymology

Compound of 働き (continuative form of 働く 'to work') + 過ぎる ('to exceed, to be too much').