ブラック企業

Japanese

Kanji in this term
企	業
き Grade: S	ぎょう Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

ブラック (burakku, “black”) +‎ 企業 (kigyō, “enterprise”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɯ̟ᵝɾa̠k̚kɯ̟ᵝ kʲiɡʲo̞ː]

Noun

ブラック企(き)業(ぎょう) • (burakku kigyō) 

1. "black company"; an exploitative firm that abuses employees or offers poor working conditions
   • 2018 June 5, “Honki de check! Josei o sakushu suru kakure burakku kigyō shindan”, in Elle‎^[1]:

     あなたの会(かい)社(しゃ)が日(に)本(ほん)では“マジョリティ”といわれているブラック企(き)業(ぎょう)なのかどうか、診(しん)断(だん)できるチェック項(こう)目(もく)を作(さく)成(せい)。

     Anata no kaisha ga Nihon de wa “majoriti” to iwareteiru burakku kigyō nano ka dōka, shindan dekiru chekku kōmoku o sakusei.

     Use this checklist to diagnose whether your company is in what is called the “majority” exploitative employers in Japan.

   • 2018 June 28, “‘Burakku kigyō-ka’ no osore seifu ga suishin ‘furīransu’ saitei chingin hoshō naku, chōjikan rōdō mo”, in Mainichi Shimbun‎^[2], archived from the original on 27 June 2018:

     最(さい)低(てい)賃(ちん)金(ぎん)の保(ほ)証(しょう)はなく、労(ろう)働(どう)時(じ)間(かん)の規(き)制(せい)も受(う)けないため「ひとりブラック企(き)業(ぎょう)-化(か)しやすい」とも言(い)われる。

     Saitei chingin no hoshō wa naku, rōdō jikan no kisei mo ukenai tame “hitori burakku kigyō-ka shi yasui” to mo iwareru.

     With no guaranteed minimum wage or regulation of work hours, it is said that “It’s easy to become a one-person burakku kigyō.”

Descendants

• → English: black company (calque)