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労働 (ろうどう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N3 Freq. Frequency Top 1,000 Conjugation Meanings 1
noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
labor ; labour ; work
Refers to work as labor, especially productive, physical, economic, or employment-related work. As 労働する it is an intransitive suru verb and sounds more formal or institutional than everyday 働く.
労ろう 働どう 者しゃ は 安あん 全ぜん な 環かん 境きょう で 労ろう 働どう する 権けん 利り が ある 。
Workers have the right to labor in a safe environment.
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noun
Labour Party
abbreviation
Abbreviation of 労働党, used in political contexts, especially where the party name is clear from context.
See also: 労働党
Written forms 労ろう 働どう Usage 100%
Standard and common kanji spelling.
労ろう 動どう Usage <1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; use 労働 in normal writing.
Kanji 労 labor, thank for, reward for Similar words 仕し 事ごと The everyday word for a job, task, or work in general; 労働 is more formal and often discusses labor as an economic or social activity.
働はたら く The ordinary verb meaning to work; 労働する is more formal and is common in discussions of workers, labor conditions, and rights.
勤きん 労ろう Also means labor or work, but often has an official or moral tone, as in 勤労感謝の日; 労働 is the broader term for labor and employment-related work.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound conventionally written with 労, associated with toil or effort, and 働, associated with working. This is a useful spelling explanation rather than a precise historical derivation.
