働きづめ

はたらきづめ

Also written 働き詰め

Meanings

1. Noun incessant working; working non-stop

Kanji

• 働 work. Read as はたらく.

Example sentences

• 今週はずっと働きづめだった。
  I've been on the go all this week.
• 彼女は働きづめだ。
  She's always on the go.
• 願わくば一生、物を言ったり考えたりする暇もなく、朝から晩まで働きづめに働いて、そしてバタリと死にたいものだ。
  Hopefully, I will work hard from morning till night all my life, without time to say or think anything, and then I will suddenly die.

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