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働く
Readings

hataraku
English
Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
to work, to labor, to labour

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
to function, to operate, to be effective, to work (i.e. ... works), to come into play

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
to commit (e.g. a crime), to perpetrate, to do, to act, to practise, to practice

Godan verb with 'ku' ending
Intransitive verb
Linguistics terminology
to be conjugated

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Conjugated forms
Present, Future 働く, 働きます
[does], will [do]
働かない, 働きません
doesn't [do], will not [do]
Past 働いた, 働きました
[did]
働かなかった, 働きませんでした
didn't [do]
Te-form, Continuative 働いて, 働きまして 働かないで, 働きませんで 働かなくて
Kanjis
ON: ドウ KUN: はたら.く
work, (kokuji)

Stroke: 13 Grade: 4 JLPT: N3 SKIP: 1-2-11 FC: 2422.2


Phrases
彼は5時間以上もぶっ続けで働いた。
Parts: (かれ) 時間 (じかん) 以上 (いじょう) ぶっ続け (ぶっつづけ) 働く (はたらく)
He worked more than five hours on end.

スイッチは時間通りに働かなかった。
Parts: スイッチ (スウィッチ) 時間通り (じかんどおり) 働く (はたらく)
The switch didn't work on time.