Keyword
labor
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 7
Heisig924
Old form
Readings
ろう
(95%)
Composed of
tiny hairs
roof without a chimney
power
Used in vocabulary (295 in total)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
I appreciate your efforts
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
anxiety; worry; fear
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
a hard time; pains
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
labor; labour; manpower; working force
overwork; strain
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
person who has rendered distinguished service
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
recovery from exhaustion
overanxiety; needless worry
worldly-wise man
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
labor; labour; toil; hardship
karoshi; death from overwork
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work
recognition of services
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
a hard time; pains
working hours; man-hours
labor union; labour union; trade union
nervous temperament; worry habit; pessimistic nature; pessimism
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
meritorious deed; services
work; labor; labour; toil
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; workers' compensation insurance
toil; labor; labour; painstaking piece of work; (a) work involving considerable effort
Labour Party; Labor Party; worker's party
party given in recognition of a person's services
working; being employed; being hired
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
manual laborer; manual labourer
overwork; working too hard
cattle or horse trader; good judge of horses or cattle
laborer; labourer; workman
labour movement; labor movement
labor; labour; work; service
unskilled labor; simple labor; menial job
I appreciate your efforts
award for distinguished service
labor problem; labour problem
hardships; toil; trouble
overanxiety; needless worry
overanxiety; needless worry
trouble of going somewhere
rendering what little service one can
labor dispute; labour dispute; industrial dispute; strike
work visa; working visa
slave labor; slave labour
Labour Thanksgiving Day (national holiday; November 23) (Labor)
labor service; labour service
labor union; labour union; trade union
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
labor-relations board; labour-relations board
labor market; labour market
workers and farmers
means of labor; means of labour
labour and management; labor and management
sparing no trouble; taking pains (to); take the trouble (to)
bonus; reward for one's services
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
non-fulltime worker; non-permanent worker; temp worker; temporary worker
brain worker; brain-worker; white-collar worker; mental worker
mobilization of labor services (e.g. in wartime)
labor law; labour law
labor management; labour management
migrant worker; economic nomad
salaried class; working class
flexible work hours; flexi-time
illness; fatigue
fishing; fishery
wages; labor wages; labour wages
overanxiety; needless worry
Labor Standards Act
illegal employment; illegal work; unauthorized labor
seasonal laborer; seasonal labourer
wage laborer; wage earner; paid worker
labor body; labour body; labor organization; labour organization; labor federation; labour federation
physical or manual labor; physical or manual labour
working day; workday
workers' credit union; labour credit association
labor-farmer party; labour-farmer party
labor standard; labor standards (e.g. bureau, law)
temporary worker (dispatched from an agency); dispatched worker
karoshi line (official measure of excessive hours of overtime per month)
labour union; labor union
worker's accident insurance
capital and labor; capital and labour; capitalists and laborers; capitalists and labourers
licensed social insurance consultant; labor and social security attorney
suicide brought on by excessive overwork
to act as a mediator; to serve as a mediator; to act as an intermediary; to be a go-between
to act as a mediator; to serve as a mediator; to act as an intermediary; to be a go-between
labor-management negotiation; labour-management negotiation
all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain
(socially) necessary labour; necessary work
holiday given in recognition of one's service
labor standards bureau; labour standards bureau
person who has made outstanding cultural contributions
temporary labor; dispatch work
discretionary work (labour, labor)
casual laborer (labourer); day laborer (labourer)
unemployed laborer; unemployed worker
tabes; phthisis; pulmonary tuberculosis
Labor Day; May Day
labour-management agreement (labor)
work-related injury or death
child labor; child labour
labor section; labour section
the right to work
to save labor; to save labour
labor-management cooperation; labour-management cooperation
female employee; female worker; working-woman
labor agitator; labour agitator
Minister of Labor (Labour)
wage labor; wage earning
trouble; pains; backbreaking exertions
both labor and management; both the workers and the employers
trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
unfair labor practices; unfair labour practices
industrial (labor-management) dispute (labour); industrial strife
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
seasonal labor; seasonal labour
basic labor rights; basic workers' rights
labor efficiency (labour)
itinerant laborer; migrant worker
prison labor camp; prison labour camp
labor agreement; labour agreement
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
direct labor costs; direct labour costs
government-labour (e.g. liaison meeting); government-labor
the three labor laws (trade union law, labor standards law, labor relations adjustment law) (labour)
to go through all sorts of hardships
farm worker; farm laborer; farm labourer; farmhand
Central Labor Relations Committee
organized labour (organised, labor); unionized labour
menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly
workers' credit union; labour credit association
labor-relations board; labour-relations board
prison labor; prison labour; forced labor; forced labour
labor administration; labour administration
fixed working hours; prescribed working hours
overanxiety; needless worry
thermal fatigue (e.g. in structures); heat exhaustion
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking
working together
(arch.) pain; (arch.) trouble; illness
Labor Minister
getting tired easily
meritorious deed
light labor; light labour
local labor union; local labour union
Central Labor Relations Committee
two-shift work program (programme)
labor offensive; labour offensive
labor federation; labour federation
joint labor union; joint labour union
to wait for the enemy to tire at ease
external labor market; external labour market
Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers
labor negotiation; labour negotiation
spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
labor force participation rate; labour force participation rate
(Japanese) Labor Union Law
Public Corporation and National Enterprise Labor Relations Commission
Public Corporations and Government Enterprises Labor Relations Act
fulltime worker; permanent worker
frail and cute (esp. of young women); adorable; lovely
Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Labor Relations Law (1949)
labor-intensive industry; labour-intensive industry
spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age
kleptoparasitism; cleptoparasitism
reduction in working hours; shorter working hours
suicide brought on by excessive overwork
institutional fatigue; systemic fatigue
workers' district (in North Korea)
necessary labour time (in Marxian economics)
Examples (172 in total)
I had no difficulty finding your house.
We had a hard time resolving that problem.
Your father went through all that trouble for your sake.