Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ろう
Grade: 4
どう
Grade: 4
りょく
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
勞働力 (kyūjitai)

Etymology edit

労働 +‎

Pronunciation edit

  • (Tokyo) ーどーりょく [ròódóꜜòryòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɾo̞ːdo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun edit

(ろう)(どう)(りょく) (rōdōryoku

  1. amount of labor, manpower
    Synonym: マンパワー
  2. number of laborers

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Yasuo Kitahara, 明鏡国語辞典 (Meikyō Kokugo Jiten), First Edition (in Japanese), Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN