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Workaholics view holidays as a waste of time.
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Vocabulary list

shigotochuudokusha
noun
  1. workaholic
shigotochuudoku
noun
  1. workaholism
shigoto
noun, suru verb
  1. work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
noun
  1. work
chuudokusha
noun
  1. addict; junkie; substance abuser
chuudoku
noun, suru verb, no adjective
  1. poisoning
noun, used as a suffix
  1. addiction
sha
suffix
  1. person; -er
noun
  1. expert; geisha; prostitute
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
kyuujitsu
noun
  1. holiday; day off
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
jikannomuda
expression, noun
  1. waste of time
jikan
noun
  1. time
  2. hour
  3. period; class; lesson
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
muda
noun, na adjective
  1. futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
minasu
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

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