働く

Meanings

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
4. to be conjugated

Part of speech: godan verb (く), intransitive

Kanji

• 働

  Meanings

  work, (kokuji)

  On reading

  ドウ

  Kun reading

  はたら.く

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• 彼は５時間以上もぶっ続けで働いた。

  He worked more than five hours on end.

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• スイッチは時間通りに働かなかった。

  The switch didn't work on time.

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