The story
- Japanese · borrowed from労務者“laborer; forced laborer”
- English todayromusha
From Japanese 労務者 (rōmusha, “laborer; forced laborer”). Compare Indonesian romusa.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
romusha
Today it means: A forced laborer, especially one of those made to work in the Dutch East Indies under Japanese occupation during the Second World War. Full definition →
Japanese 労務者