Learn Japanese Social Trends at JapanesePod101.com! We return to our Karoshi series (destined to become another JPod101 cult classic). We’re going to look at the pressures that keep people on the job. We have two grammar points, no ni tai shite, used when contrasting items, and wake de wa nai, used for complex negation of previously stated ideas. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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14 Responses to “Upper Intermediate Lesson #18 - Karoushi - Working to Death 2”
watermen says:
May 16th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Haha….this is my first time occupying the first seat and the second seat. 
David says:
May 16th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Interesting lesson, just a small question…In the English transcript of the lesson 欧米各区 is translated as “western countries” but in the kanji notes as “European countries” I presume from my dictionary that the former is correct?
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 16th, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Mina-san, if you were going to die from over work, what kind of job would you most like to have? 
エミリー says:
May 16th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Ummmm, I wouldn’t like to die from overwork. But if I did, I guess I’d want a fun job like an artist or something.
仁居流 says:
May 16th, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Why is Norisan still working after 8 pm? Free overtime? Japanesepod101 ni karoushi ga okureru kana?
タネ says:
May 17th, 2008 at 6:12 am
このレッソンはすばらしいです！ 
新しい単語がたくさん出てきて、本当に勉強になりました。 それに、やっとやっと わけじゃない の意味が分かるようになってきました。ありがとうございました。
Auntie says:
May 17th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Hi. I’d like to invite everyone to re-visit the following old forum thread requesting for “ruby characters” (furigana) in main “kanji + kana” transcripts, instead of having a separate “hiragana-only” section, which has always a bit counter-intuitive to me:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=17982#17982
Since I shall be posting identical comments in other levels as well, I’d need to apologize in advance to anybody who sees it as “spam”. Thank you so much, everybody! If you would like to see furigana in the main transcript, please use this opportunity to make yourself heard!
JJK says:
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Auntie has a point. It is quite annoying to read the main transcript with the furigana on the side. i hope jpod will use ruby instead.:???:
anyway, regarding the karoushi, i think that kaishain in NY and other big cities of US work like Japanese people. At least based on what I read on novels like Devil Wears Prada.
but i’M still glad i don’t have to work this much, though my bf who is currently working in a japanese company has to pour in plenty of Overtime without pay. oh well, sucks! 
Candice says:
May 30th, 2008 at 5:34 am
残業の後、指の中に 午後の茶を流れで 大きな碗で 晩御飯を食べてた 野球の試合の中に 界内球の進め方が どう考えましたか?
After OT, pour out the afternoonten tea through fingers and have had dinner with a big bowl. In the process of the baseball match, how to consider the fair ball’s direction?
May 31st, 2008 at 5:08 am
[…] The lesson was about 過労死 (karōshi), “death by overworking,” but none of those kanji appeared in the photo. I knew 残業 (to remain + work) as zangyō, “overtime.” And I knew 風 (FU-, kaze) in several ways, often having to do with wind. But how did 風 factor into overtime? And what was 呂敷? […]
タネ says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 am
It reads “furoshiki zangyou”. The furoshiki is a piece of cloth used for carrying things in (often food), and I take the metaphorical meaning to be that you’re carrying extra work home in it.
BTW, the kanji for fu-ro (as in the Japanese style bath) is just for sound. It doesn’t really have anything to do with wind and whatever 呂ro means. The shiki 敷refers to the cloth, I think, as in “shiku” 敷く to spread out. The cloth is spread out, things are placed in the centre and then the opposite corners are tied up to create a parcel (easier to show than explain how to do).
At least, that’s my take on it.
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Category: Upper Intermediate Lessons |
Grammar: no ni tai shite, wake de wa nai | Function: discussing current events, explaining things, giving definitions | Topic: business, death, dying, jobs, karōshi, work, working, workplace in Japan | Politeness Level: casual
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