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働き, はたらき
1. work, labor, labour
2. achievement, performance, ability, talent
3. salary, income, earnings
4. action, activity, workings, function, operation, movement, motion
Linguistics terminology, also written as 活
5. conjugation, inflection
心臓の働きは血液を送り出す事である。
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働きかける, 働き掛ける, はたらきかける
Ichidan verb, Transitive
1. to work on (someone), to appeal to, to make approaches to, to pressure, to exert influence on, to seek action from
Intransitive
2. to begin to work
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働きかけ, 働き掛け, はたらきかけ
pressure, encouragement, urging, promoting
共働き, ともばたらき
Takes suru, Intransitive, May take 'no'
(husband and wife) both working, dual income
「少しうちに寄っていかない？」「いいの？」「うち共働きで親は遅いの」
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働き者, はたらきもの
hard worker, hardworking person
若いときは、彼は働き者であった。
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働き盛り, 働きざかり, はたらきざかり
prime of one's working life
彼は働き盛りだ。
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働き手, はたらきて
1. worker, breadwinner, supporter
2. able person, able man, productive worker
企業は率先して事にあたる働き手を歓迎する。
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働き口, はたらきぐち
position, job, employment, opening
コンピューター産業ではいろいろな働き口がある。
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上働き, うわばたらき
housemaid
仲働き, 中働き, なかばたらき
historical term
maid (not working in the kitchen or living quarters)
働き人, はたらきびと
worker, good worker
夜働き, よばたらき
Takes suru
night work
気働き, きばたらき
taking appropriate action, tact
荒働き, あらばたらき
See あらしごと
hard work, rough physical labour
働き方, はたらきかた
work style, way of working
片働き, かたばたらき
Colloquialism
only one spouse working, living on a single income
一働き, ひとはたらき
Takes suru, Intransitive
taking a turn at working, working for a bit
下働き, したばたらき
1. subordinate work, assistant
2. domestic duties, servant, maid, houseboy
彼はある金持ちの家の下働きをしていた。
働き振り, はたらきぶり
way of working, discharge of duty
彼の働き振りに満足されると思います。
働き中毒, はたらきちゅうどく
workaholic
ただ働き, タダ働き, 只働き, ただばたらき, タダばたらき
Takes suru, Intransitive
working without pay, free service, work for nothing
節句働き, せっくばたらき
working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)
怠け者の節句働き。
働きアリ, 働き蟻, 働きあり, はたらきあり
1. worker ant
Colloquialism
2. hard worker
働きすぎ, 働き過ぎ, はたらきすぎ
overactivity, overwork
働き出す, 働きだす, はたらきだす
Godan verb
to start working, to take action
彼の妻は必要から働き出した。
働き通す, はたらきとおす
Godan verb
to work straight through without stopping
働きづめ, 働き詰め, はたらきづめ
incessant working, working non-stop
働きがい, 働き甲斐, はたらきがい
job satisfaction, quality of work life, reason to work
働きすぎる, 働き過ぎる, はたらきすぎる
Ichidan verb
to overwork
働き通しで, はたらきとおしで
Expression
working right on through
働き続ける, はたらきつづける
Ichidan verb
to continue to work, to work away (at)
働き方改革, はたらきかたかいかく
work-style reform, reform of work practices (location, hours, etc.)
夫婦共働き, ふうふともばたらき
husband and wife both working (for a living), joint breadwinning (by husband and wife)