"労務者" meaning in Japanese

See 労務者 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: 労務者 [canonical] (ruby: (ろう), (), (しゃ)), rōmusha [romanization], ロームシャ [alternative]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|ろうむしゃ}} 労(ろう)務(む)者(しゃ) • (rōmusha)
  1. A laborer, a workman, one who does manual labor.
    Sense id: en-労務者-ja-noun-fzh6Z4kB
  2. A person pressed into forced labor.
    Sense id: en-労務者-ja-noun-89t8JJzx
  3. A non-Japanese person compelled to labor for Japanese forces during the Second World War, especially in Southeast Asia or in parts of China; a romusha, coolie.
    Sense id: en-労務者-ja-noun-Ohw6RV~7 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 3 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 9 78 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 14 9 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 3 kanji: 8 12 80 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 15 9 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 2 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 2 70
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          "ref": "2018 October 29 (last accessed), “Nōgyō de shūshoku shitai [Work wanted in agriculture]”, in Ad Hokkaido, archived from the original on 2018-08-29:",
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