很多人大概不知道，日本的劳动节是11月23日，这个节日的名字叫”勤劳感谢日”。
每年到了勤劳感谢日，日本公众都能休息一天。
大部分的人在这一天都会完全抛开工作烦恼，好好放松放松，但是却有人在这一天推出了”黑色假日”活动，请休息的人来体验给坏老板打工是什么感觉。
日本一直有工作时间长的传统，但即使在这种普遍的高压力的工作环境下，仍然有一些公司”脱颖而出”，因为它们完全不在乎员工是否幸福。
这种公司被称为”黑公司”，任何想体验在黑公司工作的感觉，又不想真的在那里工作的人，可以通过申请”黑色假日”的特别活动来实现。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 大概 | dà gài | roughly / probably / about |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 日本 | Rì běn | Japan |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 劳动 | láo dòng | work / toil / physical labor |
| 节 | jié | seasonal festival |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 节日 | jié rì | holiday / festival |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 勤劳 | qín láo | hardworking; industrious; diligent |
| 感谢 | gǎn xiè | (express) thanks / gratitude / thanks |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 公众 | gōng zhòng | public |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 休息 | xiū xi | to rest |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 部分 | bù fen | part; portion; piece |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 完全 | wán quán | totally; entirely |
| 抛开 | pāo kāi | to throw out / to get rid of |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 烦恼 | fán nǎo | worries |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 放松 | fàng sōng | to relax; to slacken; to loosen |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 推出 | tuī chū | to release / to launch / to publish / to recommend |
| 黑色 | hēi sè | black |
| 假日 | jià rì | a holiday; a day off |
| 活动 | huó dòng | (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver |
| 请 | qǐng | to invite |
| 来 | lái | (between two verbs) in order to |
| 体验 | tǐ yàn | to experience for oneself |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 坏 | huài | bad / spoiled / broken |
| 老板 | lǎo bǎn | boss / business proprietor |
| 打工 | dǎ gōng | to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 感觉 | gǎn jué | feeling; impression; sensation |
| 一直 | yī zhí | straight (in a straight line) / continuously; always; all the way through |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | tradition / convention |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 即使 | jí shǐ | even if; even though |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 普遍 | pǔ biàn | universal / general / widespread / common |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 压力 | yā lì | pressure |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 仍然 | réng rán | still; as before; yet |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 脱颖而出 | tuō yǐng ér chū | to reveal one's talent (idiom) / to rise above others; to distinguish oneself |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 它们 | tā men | they; them |
| 在乎 | zài hu | to rest with; to lie in; to be due to (a certain attribute) / (often used in the negative) to care about |
| 员工 | yuán gōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 是否 | shì fǒu | whether (or not) / if / is or isn't |
| 幸福 | xìng fú | happy / blessed |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 称 | chēng | to name |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 黑 | hēi | black / dark / sinister / secret / shady / illegal |
| 任何 | rèn hé | any; whatever; whichever |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 又 | yòu | and yet |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 那里 | nà lǐ | there; that place |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 通过 | tōng guò | by means of; through; via |
| 申请 | shēn qǐng | to apply for sth |
| 特别 | tè bié | unusual; special |
| 实现 | shí xiàn | to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about |