- kouketsu (hard-earned rewards of) sweat and blood
Literary and formal; used to describe the exploited fruits of others' labor, often in political or social critique.
労働者の膏血で成り立つ産業。
Rōdōsha no kōketsu de naritatsu sangyō.
An industry built on the sweat and blood of workers.
彼らは国民の膏血を搾り取った。
Karera wa kokumin no kōketsu o shiboritotta.
They squeezed out the sweat and blood of the people.
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