Safety and Health - Anzen Eisei

Japanese: 安全衛生 - あんぜんえいせい
Safety and Health - Anzen Eisei

…If the activities that humans undertake to maintain their existence as social beings can be broadly divided into production and consumption, then the human activities that support production can be said to be labor in the broad sense. However, this is a fairly generalized understanding, and in the traditional usage of the word, "labor" is often contrasted with "job," which roughly corresponds to the distinction between labor and work in English. The former can be said to be used with the nuance of an activity that involves more or less hard work, while the latter with the nuance of an activity that aims for more or less positive results. …

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "safety and health" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…社会的存在としての人間が,その生存を維持するために行う活動を,生産と消費に大別することができるとすれば,生産を支える人間の活動が広義の労働であるといえよう。しかしこれはかなり一般化したとらえ方であり,この語の伝統的な用法の中では〈労働〉は〈仕事〉としばしば対置して使い分けられ,それは英語におけるlaborとworkの使い分け方にほぼ一致している。前者は多少とも労苦をともなう活動のニュアンスを,後者は多少とも積極的な成果を展望する活動のニュアンスをもって用いられるといえよう。…

※「安全衛生」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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