「１日８時間、週４０時間」という労働基準法が定める労働時間の規制を特定のホワイトカラーだけ除外する「ホワイトカラー・エグゼンプション」の議論が進んでいる。

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English Translation

Argument continues about the "White collar exemption" that exempts specific white collar workers from the "8 hours in 1 day, 40 hours a week," working hours fixed by the Labour Standards Act.

Furigana

「１日(にち)８時間(じかん)、週(しゅう)４０時間(じかん)」という労働(ろうどう)基準法(きじゅんほう)が定(さだ)める労働(ろうどう)時間(じかん)の規制(きせい)を特定(とくてい)のホワイトカラーだけ除外(じょがい)する「ホワイトカラー・エグゼンプション」の議論(ぎろん)が進(すす)んでいる。

Romanji

" ichi nichi hachi jikan, shū yon zero jikan" toiu rōdō kijunhō ga sadameru rōdō jikan no kisei o tokutei no howaitokara- dake jogaisuru" Howaitokara-Eguzenpushon" no giron ga susundeiru.

Words

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

八 (はち、や)

eight

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

週 (しゅう)

week

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

労働 (ろうどう)

manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party

基準法 (きじゅんほう)

basic law

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

定める (さだめる)

to decide; to establish; to determine

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

規制 (きせい)

regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

特定 (とくてい)

specific; special; particular

ホワイトカラー (ホワイトカラー)

white-collar

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

除外 (じょがい)

exception; exclusion

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

荒む (すさむ)

to grow wild; to run to waste