労働|ろうどうroudou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verblabor; labour; work
   むかしのような激はげしい日雇い労働ひやといろうどうはできやしない。↗

   I can't do the hard day's work I used to.
2. nounLabour Party

• Synonym勤労きんろうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Highlights diligent work, often with a positive tone, as in 「勤労感謝の日」 and 「勤労者」; 「労働」 is more neutral and leans toward the economic side.
• Synonym就労しゅうろうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Means being employed or taking up work, common in visas and regulations like 「就労ビザ」; 「労働」 refers to labor itself.
• Synonym仕事しごとNeutralNeutral. The everyday word for work, a job, or things to do; 「労働」 sounds more formal and appears in legal and economic contexts like 「労働時間」.
• Synonym働くはたらくNeutralNeutral. The everyday verb for working or laboring, and also for functioning; 「労働する」 is stiff, so speech normally uses 「働く」.
• RelatedアルバイトNeutralNeutral. A part-time or side job, or the person doing one — a particular form of work; 「労働」 is a general term for labor regardless of form.
• Related勤務きんむNeutralNeutral. Working at a company or office, being on duty at one's post, as in 「勤務時間」; 「労働」 is not tied to a workplace and suggests physical or economic activity.
• Related立ち働くたちはたらくWrittenWritten/formal prose. A verb for busying oneself about work, describing diligent laboring; not used as an abstract concept like 「労働」.
• Antonym休憩きゅうけいNeutralNeutral. A short break taken partway through work or an activity, as in 「休憩時間」; it stands opposite 「労働」 on the work–rest axis.
• Antonym休息きゅうそくWrittenWritten/formal prose. Stopping work to let the body recover; can last longer than 「休憩」 and stands opposite 「労働」.
• Antonym遊びあそびNeutralNeutral. Play or amusement done for fun, the opposite of 「労働」, which is effort made for a living.

In daily speech, 「仕事」 and 「働く」 are the default choices. Use 「労働」 in legal or economic contexts, 「勤務」 for being on duty at a workplace, 「就労」 for employment status, and 「アルバイト」 for part-time work.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 体力たいりょくを使つかって働はたらくこと。
2. 収益しゅうえきのために自分じぶんの頭あたまや体からだを使つかうこと。土地とち、資本しほんとともに生産せいさん三さん要素ようその一ひとつ。
3. 労働者ろうどうしゃが労働力ろうどうりょく（労務ろうむ）を提供ていきょうすること。なお、日本にっぽんの労働三法ろうどうさんぽう（労働基準法ろうどうきじゅんほう、労働組合法ろうどうくみあいほう、労働関係調整法ろうどうかんけいちょうせいほう）、及および労働安全衛生法ろうどうあんぜんえいせいほうには、労働ろうどうの定義ていぎを明記めいきした条文じょうぶんはない。
4. はたらく。