働(はたら)き過(す)ぎ

はたらきすぎ
noun
overwork; working too much
1. overwork; working too hard
The state of working too much or too hard. Formed from 働(はたら)く (to work) plus the suffix 〜過(す)ぎ (excess, too much).
働(はたら)き過(す)ぎは体(からだ)に悪(わる)い。
Overwork is bad for your health.
最近(さいきん)、働(はたら)き過(す)ぎで疲(つか)れている。
Lately I'm tired from working too much.
働(はたら)き過(す)ぎが原因(げんいん)で倒(たお)れる人(ひと)もいる。
Some people collapse because of overwork.

Composed of 働(はたら)く (to work) plus the suffix 〜過(す)ぎ, which attaches to verb stems to mean 'doing too much'.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 働(はたら)き過(す)ぎで倒(たお)れる: to collapse from overwork
  • 働(はたら)き過(す)ぎを防(ふせ)ぐ: to prevent overwork

RELATED WORDS:

  • 過労(かろう): overwork — more clinical and formal, as in 過労死(かろうし) (death from overwork)
  • 食(た)べ過(す)ぎ: overeating — the same 〜過(す)ぎ pattern
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