ブラック企業

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
ぎょう
Grade: 3
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Etymology

ブラック (burakku, black) +‎ 企業 (kigyō, enterprise)

Pronunciation

Noun

ブラック()(ぎょう) (burakku kigyō

  1. "black company"; an exploitative firm that abuses employees or offers poor working conditions
    • 2018 June 5, “Honki de check! Josei o sakushu suru kakure burakku kigyō shindan”, in Elle:
      あなたの(かい)(しゃ)()(ほん)では“マジョリティ”といわれているブラック()(ぎょう)なのかどうか、(しん)(だん)できるチェック(こう)(もく)(さく)(せい)
      Anata no kaisha ga Nihon de wa “majoriti” to iwareteiru burakku kigyō nano ka dōka, shindan dekiru chekku kōmoku o sakusei.
      Use this checklist to diagnose whether your company is in what is called the “majority” exploitative employers in Japan.
    • 2018 June 28, “‘Burakku kigyō-ka’ no osore seifu ga suishin ‘furīransu’ saitei chingin hoshō naku, chōjikan rōdō mo”, in Mainichi Shimbun, archived from the original on 27 June 2018:
      (さい)(てい)(ちん)(ぎん)()(しょう)はなく、(ろう)(どう)()(かん)()(せい)()けないため「ひとりブラック()(ぎょう)-()しやすい」とも()われる。
      Saitei chingin no hoshō wa naku, rōdō jikan no kisei mo ukenai tame “hitori burakku kigyō-ka shi yasui” to mo iwareru.
      With no guaranteed minimum wage or regulation of work hours, it is said that “It’s easy to become a one-person burakku kigyō.”

Descendants

  • English: black company (calque)