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    3. こつこつ働く

    こつこつ働く

    こ​つ​こ​つ​働はたらく​

    to work hard

    NTVerbDaily LifeWork & CareerKanji Vocab20 strokes

    コツコツ働く

    こつこつはたらくコツコツはたらく

    Verb

    1.
    to work hard, to toil, to moil, to keep one's nose to the grindstone, to slug away

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    Characters that make up this word

    働
    はたら.く…(1)
    work・(kokuji)
    Kanji
    こ
    ko
    Kana
    つ
    tsu
    Kana
    く
    ku
    Kana
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