働き

Reading

Kana: はたらき

Romaji: hataraki

Definitions

noun

1

work; labor; labour

2

achievement; performance; ability; talent

3

salary; income; earnings

4

action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion

5

conjugation; inflection

(Linguistics terminology)

Note: also written as 活

Kanji

働

Readings: ドウ、 リュク、 リキ、 ロク、 リョク、 はたら.く

Meanings: work, (kokuji)

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は働(はたら)き者(もの)だ。

➥He is a work horse.

彼女(かのじょ)は働(はたらつづ)き続()けた。

➥She went on working.

彼(かれ)は良(よ)く働(はたら)きます。

➥He works very hard.

彼(かれ)は働(はたら)き盛(ざか)りだ。

➥He is in the prime of life.

彼女(かのじょ)は働(はたら)きづめだ。

➥She's always on the go.

怠(なま)け者(もの)の節句働(せっくばたら)き。

➥In the evening the idle man begins to be busy.