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はたらく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
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
Alt. forms
働はたらく
98%
はたらく
1%
Pitch accent
は
たらく
Top 23100
Conjugations...Used in: 411
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
to be busy at work; to work diligently
to be busy at work; to work diligently
to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
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Examples (200 in total)
I worked here.
Are you working today?
I used to work here.
When do you work?
I don't want to work tomorrow.
He wants to work at the hospital.
Are you working tonight?
I was working last night.
Did you work in Germany?
I work at an information counter at the airport.
I work at a movie theater.
What are you working for?
He works very hard.
Where do you work?
I like working.
Why do you want to work here?
I started working.
Who is it that you're working for?
People ought to work.
They made him work.
I need to work.
I'm working here now.
I worked there.
They don't work at night.
We work here.
How come you're still working?
He hardly works.
Because his father was working there.
It is too hot to work.
Hi! Do you work here?
Work as hard as you can.
Does she work in the kitchen?
Dad is a hard worker.
How long have you been working here?
I worked a lot today.
John works hard.
I worked all this week.
I only work part-time.
You don't have to work today.
There is no need for him to work.
He works for the good of the country.
He no longer works here.
I don't feel like working today.
What's the sense of working so hard?
This is where my father works.
Does she work in this city?
He works for his living.
Why are you working for him?
He found it impossible to work any longer.
It's easier to have fun than to work.
She only worked for the money.
The number of working women is increasing.
He works for the sake of money.
I work eight hours every day.
I chanced to be working there.
This is the store where I worked.
I work under her.
I've been working here since high school.
We are working in the interest of peace.
This is where my dad works.
I plan to work the rest of the summer.
I worked on a yearly contract.
Some people are working in the fields.
Chris can't work tomorrow.
How hard they work!
I work in the field of art.
He worked very hard.
My brother works in a bank.
It was hard to work without breakfast.
They went on working for hours.
If they don't work, they don't get paid.
I once worked in a restaurant.
Although he is rich he works very hard.
I work different hours every day.
I'm used to working all night.
This room is pleasant to work in.
He had to work even on Sunday.
I worked hard last month.
The boss made them work day and night.
I had to work hard when I was young.
In other words, I don't like to work with him.
He was working at the office yesterday evening.
We stopped working at noon.
Don't wanna get up early to work hard.
I worked far into the night.
I worked hard day after day.
He is a really good worker.
They require me to work harder.
That is the shop where I used to work.
Is this where your mother works?
We must work as long as we live.
He succeeded because he worked hard.
That is the building where my father works.
He worked so hard that he succeeded.
They were too tired to work any more.
My father lives and works in Tokyo.
You should have worked harder.
Are you a student or are you working?
In humans, the eyes act together with the brain.
I've been working here since I graduated from college.
That's the building where my father works.
He sleeps during the day and works at night.
He worked from morning till evening.
He worked at night and slept in the daytime.
I worked as hard as possible.
I used to work in a noisy room.
Work and play are necessary to health.
The section chief made me work like a slave.
He worked last night without taking a break.
I'm fed up with working here.
Do you need to work on Sunday?
I work hard in the garden in the morning.
No one wants to work outdoors on a cold day.
I am going to work in Osaka next year.
I don't usually have to work on Sundays.
If only you work sincerely, you will be trusted.
You must work according to your ability.
He remained poor despite being a hard worker.
Being poor, they had to work hard.
You ought to work hard regardless of your income.
Amy worked in the yard last Saturday.
We work by day and rest by night.
I work as Mr Eliot's assistant.
My uncle works in this office.
We worked hard so as to increase our sales.
Their boss made them work against their will.
They worked hard like so many bees.
I felt tired from having worked for hours.
Last week we worked until 10 p.m.
This is the first restaurant I've ever worked in.
The girl who works at that bakery is cute.
He is at work now, but will return at seven.
He worked from nine to five.
She works as an assistant to the manager.
My cousin works in a shop near our home.
I prefer working to doing nothing.
It is said that he worked very hard in his younger days.
No matter how tired I am, I have to work.
My wife used to stay home, but she works now.
My younger brother hates working.
Have you ever visited the office where your father works?
Although he was tired, he would not stop working.
He objected to his wife working outside.
The office where my father works is near the station.
She prodded him to work harder.
I work simply because I like to work.
They carried on working from morning till night.
I prefer relaxing to working.
He felt tired because he had worked longer than usual.
It is through hard work that he succeeded, not through good luck.
She works as hard as her siblings.
Frankly speaking, I don't want to work with him.
Everything militated against his success.
My sister works as an assistant to a college professor.
Hundreds of people work in this factory.
This is the place where she works as a secretary.
He worked hard to make his child happy.
If you are to succeed in life, work harder.
I took today off in exchange for working on Sunday.
Many people work in this field now.
The party is mainly made up of working women.
Many foreign people come to Japan to work.
She works as a nurse in the local hospital.
It is the obligation of every worker to pay taxes.
My father works for the company as an engineer.
In this firm, women work on equal terms with men.
He has three sons, who work in the same office.
You'll be in charge of the women working in this factory.
Everyone around the area works hard.
My dream has come true at last by working hard.
It is cruel of them to make the boy work so hard.
With your mother in the hospital, you'll have to work harder.
The people I work with are all very kind.
What has made you decide to work for our company?
He worked very hard so he could buy a foreign car.
He has to work hard to support his family.
The workers have no incentive to work harder.
He worked hard so as to save more money.
The boss praised you for your good work.
She has a strong wish to work as an interpreter.
Working together, they cleaned the entire house in no time.
The difference is this: he works harder than you.
You must work hard if you are to succeed.
The boss ordered us to work from morning till night.
The emphasis of his talk was on the need to work hard.
Does Mary live next door to the bus driver that John worked with?
There are some people who enjoy work - in fact, they love to work.
He worked hard in order that his family might live in comfort.
Dad needs to take a rest. He's been working in the garden for three hours.
The office staff worked quickly and efficiently to resolve the problem.
He had been working in the factory for three years when the accident occurred.
I've been working since I was sixteen.
I've been working since I was thirteen.
I don't work on Mondays.
I've been working there for three months.
My father is so old that he can't work.
Laborers normally work 8 hours per day.
You've only been on the job for about 15 minutes.
He worked as hard as anybody else.
He works a few days a week, and gets a little money.