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How do you say
you're not living to work in Japanese?

働くために生きるんじゃない

(はたらく ために いきるんじゃない)

hataraku tame ni ikiru njanai

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do you want to go for a drink after work?
仕事の後、飲みに行きませんか?
let's go for a karaoke to let off steam
ストレス発散にカラオケに行きましょう
work hard, play hard
働くときは働く、遊ぶときは遊ぶ
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