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Isn't the equivalent in the US. "death march"? I am not familiar with Japanese, so maybe it is more direct.
by bitexploder 9y ago
Isn't the equivalent in the US. "death march"? I am not familiar with Japanese, so maybe it is more direct.
- Fnoord 9y agoKarōshi [1] is the Japanese term. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C5%8Dshi https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kar%C5%8Dshi
- chronic193 9y agoDeath march refers to a team working "or marching" on a project, usually instructed "conducted" by a manager, when everyone knows the project will fail or "die". Hence the name death march.
- dfcowell 9y agoThe word in Japanese is karoshi, literally "death from overwork." "Death march" as commonly used in English-speaking nations is typically used as hyperbole or dark humour, whereas in Japan "karoshi" is used in a clinical sense for documented cause of death.