Keyword
work
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1809
Readings
どう
(19%)
Composed of
thin person
move
Mnemonic

Japan is a country that is known for its long and harsh working conditions, which is why the kanji for work shows a thin person who is constantly on the move. He can't stop or he'll get fired, or worse! He needs to work!

Used in vocabulary (222 in total)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
subordinate work; assistant; servant
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
hard worker; hardworking person
labor; labour; manpower; working force
to put someone to work; to make someone work
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
flying column; detached force
to commit a crime; to do evil
to think; to use one's head; to exercise one's brains
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
to continue to work; to work away (at)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
position; job; employment; opening
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
to be busy at work; to work diligently
actual work
worker; breadwinner; supporter; able person; able man; productive worker
work style; way of working
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
incessant working; working non-stop
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
brain work; mental work; nonmanual labor
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
to start working; to take action
working hours; man-hours
restarting; resuming operations (e.g. at a power plant)
working; in operation; running; active
incessant working; working non-stop
prime of one's working life
labor union; labour union; trade union
to start working; to take action
operating ratio; rate of operation; availability factor
Labour Party; Labor Party; worker's party
hours of operation (machine, etc.); uptime
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play
worker ant; hard worker
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
manual laborer; manual labourer
automatic
worker bee; hard worker
worker ant; hard worker
overwork; working too hard
labour movement; labor movement
unskilled labor; simple labor; menial job
to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head
labor problem; labour problem
if man will not work, he shall not eat; no work, no play
to work straight through without stopping
labor dispute; labour dispute; industrial dispute; strike
slave labor; slave labour
taking appropriate action; tact
way of working; discharge of duty
labor-relations board; labour-relations board
labor market; labour market
means of labor; means of labour
to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
overactivity; overwork
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
non-fulltime worker; non-permanent worker; temp worker; temporary worker
brain worker; brain-worker; white-collar worker; mental worker
labor law; labour law
worker bee; hard worker
prime of one's working life
migrant worker; economic nomad
flexible work hours; flexi-time
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
seasonal laborer; seasonal labourer
wage laborer; wage earner; paid worker
labor body; labour body; labor organization; labour organization; labor federation; labour federation
working right on through
physical or manual labor; physical or manual labour
maid working for both the living quarter and kitchen
working day; workday
to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
labor standard; labor standards (e.g. bureau, law)
temporary worker (dispatched from an agency); dispatched worker
to be busy at work; to work diligently
room occupancy ratio; guest room usage rate
(socially) necessary labour; necessary work
labor standards bureau; labour standards bureau
temporary labor; dispatch work
to toil; to labor industriously
discretionary work (labour, labor)
casual laborer (labourer); day laborer (labourer)
unemployed laborer; unemployed worker
worker; good worker
Labor Day; May Day
work-related injury or death
child labor; child labour
the right to work
female employee; female worker; working-woman
labor agitator; labour agitator
Minister of Labor (Labour)
wage labor; wage earning
to work diligently
unfair labor practices; unfair labour practices
Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare
seasonal labor; seasonal labour
working on a day off (to make up for lost time, or to make an impression)
basic labor rights; basic workers' rights
labor efficiency (labour)
itinerant laborer; migrant worker
labor agreement; labour agreement
hard work; rough physical labour
the three labor laws (trade union law, labor standards law, labor relations adjustment law) (labour)
farm worker; farm laborer; farm labourer; farmhand
Central Labor Relations Committee
organized labour (organised, labor); unionized labour
workers' credit union; labour credit association
prison labor; prison labour; forced labor; forced labour
fixed working hours; prescribed working hours
worker ant; hard worker
overactivity; overwork
to put someone to work; to make someone work; to use; to apply; to exert
light labor; light labour
local labor union; local labour union
two-shift work program (programme)
labor offensive; labour offensive
labor federation; labour federation
coefficient of passive earth pressure
coefficient of active earth pressure
external labor market; external labour market
Labour Relations Commission for Seafarers
labor negotiation; labour negotiation
labor force participation rate; labour force participation rate
index of capacity utilization ratio; ICUR; capacity utilization index; operating rate index
fulltime worker; permanent worker
actual working conditions; field conditions
vehicle (car, motorcycle, etc.) with an engine that runs
Public Corporation and Government Enterprise Labor Relations Law (1949)
labor-intensive industry; labour-intensive industry
work after retirement age; work to supplement an insufficient pension
kleptoparasitism; cleptoparasitism
reduction in working hours; shorter working hours
being employed; working
workers' district (in North Korea)
only one spouse working; living on a single income
necessary labour time (in Marxian economics)
Examples (200 in total)
I've been working since I was thirteen.
I've been working since I was fourteen years old.
I've been working since I was sixteen.