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gwarosa

gwarosa noun: karoshi; death from overwork.

Noun

gwarosa (uncountable)

  1. Karoshi; death from overwork.
    • It takes Park Hyun-suk, a widow who lost her husband to gwarosa – the Korean word for death by overwork – a long time to find a photo of them together.2018 November 4, Jake Kwon and Alexandra Field, “South Koreans are working themselves to death. Can they get their lives back?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 13 Jan 2025

Origin of gwarosa

Borrowed from Korean 과로사 (gwarosa). Doublet of guolaosi and karoshi.

Questions about gwarosa

What does gwarosa mean?
Gwarosa means karoshi; death from overwork.
What part of speech is gwarosa?
Gwarosa is a noun.

Words near gwarosa in the dictionary

  1. gwardars
  2. gwardas
  3. gwarder
  4. gwarders
  5. Gwari
  6. gwarosa
  7. gwarri
  8. gwarrie
  9. gwarris
  10. GWAS
  11. GWASes

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