労働

See also: 勞動 and 劳动

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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). was replaced by kokuji .

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーどー [ròódóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːdo̞ː]

Noun

(ろう)(どう) • (rōdō) 

  1. labor; labour

Verb

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

  1. perform work, labor

Conjugation

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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