karoshi
(n) death by over-work.
*this word originates from the traditional Russian dance "Karushika," meaning "dance until you die," which is now prohibited by law throughout Russia (except for certain parts of Moscow). In this dance, two people face off, and dance frantically until one of the two dies from exhaustion. The first one to die, wins.
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The word karoshi(過労死 in Japanese) means "death from overwork" and originates from 過労which means overwork and 死ぬ which means die. The word kasoshi doesn't originate from "karushika". It's a simple coincidence
We thank our reader for the correction. After a strenuous enquiry, resulting in the karoshi of one of our journalists, we have found that the terms "karoshi" and "karushika" are in no way related. We add that there was, however, a brief courtship between the two during the summer of '59.
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