과로사

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 過勞死, from 過勞 (“overwork”) + 死 (“death”), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 過労死 (karōshi).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkwa̠(ː)ɾo̞sʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [과(ː)로사]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwarosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwalosa
McCune–Reischauer?kwarosa
Yale Romanization?kwālosa

Noun

과로사 • (gwarosa) (hanja 過勞死)

  1. karoshi, death from overwork
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