労働

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See also: 勞動 and 劳动

Japanese

Kanji in this term
労 働
ろう
Grade: 4 		どう
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
勞働 (kyūjitai)
労動 (dated)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese compound 勞動 (MC law duwngX). 動 was replaced by kokuji 働.

Pronunciation

Noun

労(ろう)働(どう) • (rōdō) 

  1. labor; labour

Verb

労(ろう)働(どう)する • (rōdō suru) intransitive suru (stem 労(ろう)働(どう)し (rōdō shi), past 労(ろう)働(どう)した (rōdō shita))

  1. perform work, labor

Conjugation

Conjugation of "労働する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 労働し ろうどうし rōdō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 労働し ろうどうし rōdō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 労働する ろうどうする rōdō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 労働する ろうどうする rōdō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 労働すれ ろうどうすれ rōdō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 労働せよ¹
労働しろ² 		ろうどうせよ¹
ろうどうしろ² 		rōdō seyo¹
rōdō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 労働される ろうどうされる rōdō sareru
Causative 労働させる
労働さす 		ろうどうさせる
ろうどうさす 		rōdō saseru
rōdō sasu
Potential 労働できる ろうどうできる rōdō dekiru
Volitional 労働しよう ろうどうしよう rōdō shiyō
Negative 労働しない ろうどうしない rōdō shinai
Negative continuative 労働せず ろうどうせず rōdō sezu
Formal 労働します ろうどうします rōdō shimasu
Perfective 労働した ろうどうした rōdō shita
Conjunctive 労働して ろうどうして rōdō shite
Hypothetical conditional 労働すれば ろうどうすれば rōdō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Derived terms

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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