働く
はたらく
Meanings
- Godan verb, Intransitive to work; to labor; to labour
- to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
- to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
- to be conjugated
Kanji
- 働 work. Read as はたらく.
Example sentences
- 働くより楽しむほうが簡単である。
It's easier to have fun than to work. - 日曜日でも、働きます。
I work even on Sunday. - 君は彼が君の年だったころと同じほどよく働く。
You work as hard as he did at your age. - 君は日曜日に働く必要があるのですか。
Must you work on Sunday? - 働きすぎですよ。
You work too hard.
Common phrases
- 工場で働く
- 下で働く
- 会社で働く
- 一緒に働く
- 力が働く
- 働き続ける (はたらきつづける) to continue to work
- 住み込みで働く
- 悪事を働く (あくじをはたらく) to commit a crime
- 工房で働く
- 盗みを働く
- 暴行を働く
- 不正を働く
- 働き出す (はたらきだす) to start working
- 詐欺を働く
- 働きすぎる (はたらきすぎる) to overwork
Related forms
- 働かす (はたらかす) to put someone to work (transitive partner)
Words containing 働く
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