How to say "workload" in Japanese

• 稼働かどうCommon
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verbFrames 'workload' as the working itself: people working for pay, equipment in operation, activity under way. Its 'workload' sense is really work performed, not the burden imposed.
• 負荷ふかCommon
  nounCovers 'workload' as a load or burden: work or stress weighing on a person, machine, or system, like electrical or mechanical load. Use it when the point is how heavy the work is.
  部分一致ぶぶんいっち検索けんさくはサーバーに負荷ふかがかかるから、やめたほうがいいね。↗

  You shouldn't do partial-word searches, since they put a lot of strain on the server.

Use 負荷 for workload as a burden — the amount of work or stress loaded onto a person, machine, or system; use 稼働 for the working itself, work performed or in operation rather than its weight.

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• 工数こうすうworkload
• ワークロードworkload
• 仕事量しごとりょう(one's) workload
• 作業量さぎょうりょうworkload
• 作業負荷さぎょうふかworkload
• 稼働かどうworking (and earning money)
• 負荷ふかload (electrical, mechanical, etc.)