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働く, はたらく
Godan verb, Intransitive
1. to work, to labor, to labour
2. to function, to operate, to be effective, to work (i.e. ... works), to come into play
3. to commit (e.g. a crime), to perpetrate, to do, to act, to practise, to practice
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4. to be conjugated
彼は5時間以上もぶっ続けで働いた。
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勤め働く, つとめはたらく
Godan verb
to work diligently
悪事を働く, あくじをはたらく
Expression, Godan verb
to commit a crime, to do evil
こつこつ働く, コツコツ働く, こつこつはたらく, コツコツはたらく
Expression, Godan verb
to work hard, to toil, to moil, to keep one's nose to the grindstone, to slug away
立ち働く, たち働く, 立ちはたらく, たちはたらく
Godan verb, Intransitive
to be busy at work, to work diligently