働く, はたらく

hataraku

JLPT 5

Definition of 働く,はたらく

Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb

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

linguistics terminology

to be conjugated

Related Kanji

働	work, (kokuji)

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Examples of 働く,はたらく in a Sentence

スイッチは時間通りに働かなかった。

The switch didn't work on time.

彼は５時間以上もぶっ続けで働いた。

He worked more than five hours on end.

「うちで働いてみたいかね」とウッドさんが尋ねました。

Would you like to work for me, Tony? asked Mr Wood.

もし私が若い頃一生懸命に働いていたならば、今頃は成功しているだろうに。

If I had worked hard in my youth, I would be successful now.

「結婚してからも私働いて構わないわよ」と彼女は言った。

I don't mind if I keep working even after we're married, she said.

「私は昼も夜も働くのにまだ慣れてない」「すぐに慣れるよ」

I'm not accustomed to working day and night. "You'll soon get used to it."

１日中働いた後なので、彼らはかなり疲れていた。

They were pretty tired after having worked all day.

１日中農場で働いていた。

I worked on the farm all day.

１年無駄に過ごすよりもどの会社でもいいから働きたい。

I would rather work for any company than waste another year.

あそこが彼の働いている会社です。

That is the office where he works.