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Meaning of 働く(はたらく) in Japanese

働く
JLPT 5
Kana Reading
はたらく
Romaji
hataraku
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Godan verb with `ku' ending, intransitive verb
    Meaning
    to work; to labor; to labour
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
  • Parts of speech
    linguistics terminology
    Meaning
    to be conjugated

Examples of 働く, はたらく in a sentence


Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
働く
Plain Polite
働きます
Negative
働かない
Negative Polite
働きません

Past

Plain
働いた
Plain Polite
働きました
Negative
働かなかった
Negative Polite
働きませんでした

Te

Plain
働いて
Plain Polite
働きまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
働かれる
Plain Polite
働かれます
Negative
働かれない
Negative Polite
働かれません


Related Kanji

JLPT 4

13 strokes

work, (kokuji)

On'Yomi: ドウ, リュク, リキ, ロク, リョク

Kun'Yomi: はたら.く

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