English
karoshi
Karoshi comes from Japanese 過労 ‘overwork’.
- Japanesemodern過労karō‘overwork’
- Japanese, derivedmodern過労死karōshi
- Englishearliest quotation 1976karoshi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Japanesemodern過労karō‘overwork’
- Japanese, derivedmodern過労死karōshi
- Englishearliest quotation 1976karoshi
Earliest quotation: 1976, Bill Henderson, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses: “For a while he began to speak Japanese, rather…”
Every English word from Japanese 過労
Today it means
noun Death, such as from heart attack or stroke, brought on by overwork or job-related stress.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Japanese 過労 / karoshi