Do you feel overworked? Think you might be working yourself to death? In Japan, people really do, quite literally, work themselves to death (karōshi). In this lesson, we talk about the contributing factors in Japanese society that cause karōshi. It may seem unimaginable, but it’s a serious reality of the Japanese lifestyle.
Premium users can enjoy the Combo Track which combines all 4 dialogs into a single audio file designed to increase your listening comprehension. That’s over 6 minutes of straight JLPT1 Japanese!
If you want to sound articulate, you’ll need the useful Japanese phrases wake ni wa ikanai and ~te kara de wa osoi. These are useful grammatical constructions if you plan to do business in Japan (and subsequently work yourself to death, lol).
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9 Responses to “Upper Intermediate Lesson #20 - Karoushi - Working to Death 4”
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 30th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, pretty serious stuff here, folks. And definitely another epic lesson like the infamous “Destruction of Nature.” I have a feeling if you liked that lesson, the “Karoushi” series was good for you too.
プチクレア says:
May 31st, 2008 at 5:33 am
えええ… 面白かったですけど、大変難しい会話でしたよね~!過労死についてのレッスンは毎週難しくなると思います。高中級レッスンが始まったから一番難しいでしょう?交通についてのレッスンより分かりにくいですし…
ところで、今日のイントロは素晴らしいですよ! 
仁居流 says:
May 31st, 2008 at 11:34 am
Sadly, I can only get 3/4 of the file to download. Is there a problem with the file?
Naomi says:
June 4th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
勉強中さん
“Mitomesaseru” is a causative form of “mitomeru” 
Group I書く kaku→kaka(nai) kaka + seru→ kakaseru
Group II 食べる taberu→tabe(nai) tabe + saseru→ tabesaseru
Group III来る kuru→ko(nai) ko + saseru→ kosaseru
する suru →saseru
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Category: Upper Intermediate Lessons |
Grammar: wake ni wa ikanai, ~te kara de wa osoi | Function: describing statistics, describing things | Topic: business, death, dying, jobs, karōshi, work, working, workplace in Japan | Politeness Level: casual
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