Meaning of 労働時間 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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労働時間
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Kana Readingろうどうじかん
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Romajirōdōjikan
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- working hours; man-hours
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Example Sentences
労働時間, ろうどうじかん used in context
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「１日８時間、週４０時間」という労働基準法が定める労働時間の規制を特定のホワイトカラーだけ除外する「ホワイトカラー・エグゼンプション」の議論が進んでいる。
Argument continues about the "White collar exemption" that exempts specific white collar workers from the "8 hours in 1 day, 40 hours a week," working hours fixed by the Labour Standards Act.
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They are demanding shorter working hours.
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これらの労働者を一時解雇するかわりに、彼等の労働時間を短縮すればよいじゃないか。
Instead of laying off these workers, why don't we just cut their hours?
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Kanji found in this word
labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
On: ロウ
Kun: ろう.する, いたわ.る, いた.ずき, ねぎら, つか.れる, ねぎら.う
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