残業時間(ざんぎょうじかん)

ざんぎょうじかん
noun
overtime hours; overtime
1. overtime hours; hours of overtime work
The number of hours worked beyond regular working hours. A frequent topic in Japanese workplace discussions, especially regarding work-life balance and the legal cap on overtime.
残業時間(ざんぎょうじかん)が長(なが)い。
The overtime hours are long.
先月(せんげつ)の残業時間(ざんぎょうじかん)は四十時間(よんじゅうじかん)だった。
Last month's overtime was 40 hours.
法律(ほうりつ)で月(つき)の残業時間(ざんぎょうじかん)に上限(じょうげん)が定(さだ)められている。
The law sets an upper limit on monthly overtime hours.

Compound of 残業(ざんぎょう) (overtime) + 時間(じかん) (hours, time). A central topic in discussions of Japanese working conditions and work-style reform (働(はたら)き方改革(かたかいかく)).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 残業時間(ざんぎょうじかん)が長(なが)い: have long overtime hours
  • 残業時間(ざんぎょうじかん)を減(へ)らす: to reduce overtime hours
  • 残業時間(ざんぎょうじかん)の上限(じょうげん): cap on overtime
  • 月(つき)の残業時間(ざんぎょうじかん): monthly overtime hours

CULTURAL CONTEXT:
Japanese labor law caps overtime at 45 hours per month and 360 hours per year in principle, with stricter limits introduced by the 2019 work-style reform. Excessive overtime is associated with the social problem of 過労死(かろうし) (death from overwork).

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 残業(ざんぎょう): overtime work (the activity itself)
  • 残業代(ざんぎょうだい): overtime pay
  • 労働時間(ろうどうじかん): working hours (total)
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