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/kəˈɹəʊʃi/ · noun
Death, such as from heart attack or stroke, brought on by overwork or job-related stress..
In Japan there is a word for the consequences of extreme busyness: karoshi, which means 'death from overwork'. Karoshi happens when chronic fatigue, stemming from long hours and persistent stress, leads to stroke and heart disease. For most of us, the results of a busyness-induced allostatic load are much less dramatic, but still pretty bad: being 'always on' has been linked to reductions in performance, reduced memory, and increased health risks of all kinds: cardiovascular disease, reduced immune system performance and an earlier death. One expert in the US approximated that 60-90 per cent of all visits to the doctor were stress related.
For a while he began to speak Japanese, rather slangy, never having seemed to learn it — karoshi for death from overwork, yakitaori-ya for eatery, and gaijin for clumsy foreigner.
Second, we discuss the problem of karoshi, which is unique to Japan. Karoshi has become an increasingly serious problem.
[…] I am a workaholic. […] The Japanese have a word for the problem: karōshi. It means “death from overwork.”
Since the 1980s, labor lawyers and citizens groups have been pushing for changes to the law to recognize karoshi as a serious social issue.
Use karoshi when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Karoshi means Death, such as from heart attack or stroke, brought on by overwork or job-related stress..
Common synonyms include guolaosi, gwarosa.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In Japan there is a word for the consequences of extreme busyness: karoshi, which means 'death from overwork'. Karoshi happens when chronic fatigue, stemming from long hours and persistent stress, leads to stroke and heart disease. For most of us, the results of a busyness-induced allostatic load are much less dramatic, but still pretty bad: being 'always on' has been linked to reductions in performance, reduced memory, and increased health risks of all kinds: cardiovascular disease, reduced immune system performance and an earlier death. One expert in the US approximated that 60-90 per cent of all visits to the doctor were stress related.
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