労働力

Japanese

Kanji in this term
労	働	力
ろう Grade: 4	どう Grade: 4	りょく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
勞働力 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

労働 +‎ 力

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ろーどーりょく [ròódóꜜòryòkù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɾo̞ːdo̞ːɾʲo̞kɯ̟]

Noun

労(ろう)働(どう)力(りょく) • (rōdōryoku) 

1. amount of labor, manpower

   Synonym: マンパワー

2. number of laborers

References

• Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN