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Sino-Korean word from 過勞死, from 過勞 (overwork) + (death), an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 過労死 (karōshi).

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkwa̠(ː)ɾo̞sʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?gwarosa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?gwalosa
McCune–Reischauer?kwarosa
Yale Romanization?kwālosa

과로사 (gwarosa) (hanja 過勞死)

  1. karoshi, death from overwork