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怠業

たいぎょう

N1work slowdown

Examples

労働条件をめぐって組合が怠業に入った。

会社側は作業の遅れを怠業だと判断した。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: 怠業 is read as たいぎょう and means “work slowdown”.
  • Basic usage: It denotes a union beginning a work slowdown and management classifying delayed work as one.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • 怠業に入る / 怠業だと判断する
    • Use 怠業に入る for beginning the action and 怠業だと判断する for classifying conduct as a slowdown.

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