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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).

Learn about Japanese lifestyles and Japanese Business style.



This entry was posted on Friday, May 30th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Upper Intermediate Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

9 Responses to “Upper Intermediate Lesson #20 - Karoushi - Working to Death 4”

JapanesePod101.com says:

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.

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プチクレア says:

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! :mrgreen:

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仁居流 says:

Sadly, I can only get 3/4 of the file to download. Is there a problem with the file?

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エミリー says:

Everything is dowloading fine for me. :grin:

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仁居流 says:

汚染された職場で長時間働いて亡くなるのは過労死と関連性が有ると判定できるかな。

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勉強中 says:

“認めされる”とはどういう意味でしょうか。辞書型は”認める”と思いますが、どんな文法で、”認めされる”になっていますか。

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勉強中 says:

すみません。”認めされる”ではなく、”認めさせる”です。

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タネ says:

Japanesepop101.com の皆様も過労死しないようにご注意して下さいね。 :hachimaki:

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Naomi says:

勉強中さん

“Mitomesaseru” is a causative form of “mitomeru” :smile:

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

More information →beginner season2 Lesson51″Permission to Marry Your Daughter 1″PDF :dogeza:

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