| 单词 | karoshi victim |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskaroshi victim In Japan: death brought on by overwork or job-related exhaustion. Also attributive, esp in karoshi victim. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > cause of death > [noun] > other causes of death deodand1523 autocide1923 karoshi1988 1988 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 13 Nov. c1 Called karoshi, or ‘death from overwork’, the disturbing phenomenon has been linked directly to too much toil and too little play. 1990 Atlanta Jrnl. & Constit. 23 May c4/5 The victims of karoshi—defined as a lethal mix of apoplexy, high blood pressure and stress related to too many hours on the job—are middle managers and supervisors in their 40s and 50s in good health. 1992 New Republic 11 May 5/3 Actually, in the first half of 1990 the families of karoshi victims reported more than 1,200 cases to an independent karoshi hotline. 1995 Gazette (Montreal) 4 Feb. j6 While the final cause of death in karoshi cases is usually a heart attack, stroke, asthma or suicide, the precipitating causes are psychological. Because of the extreme stresses of overwork, a karoshi victim's body is so disrupted from its normal rhythms that it succumbs to a catastrophic event. 2001 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Mar. 16 It is possible that Japan's less questioning work ethic may in itself explain its high incidence of karoshi. < as lemmas |
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