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    3. 働く

    働く

    働はたらく​

    to work

    N5KMT7CoreVerb, IntransitiveWork & CareerKanji Vocab14 strokes

    はたらく

    Verb, 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
    linguistics

    Stroke 0 / 14

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    私わたしは毎まい日にち会かい社しゃで働はたらいています。

    I work at a company every day.

    KMT3Work & CareerDaily Life
    この薬くすりは胃いに直ちょく接せつ働はたらきます。

    This medicine works directly on the stomach.

    KMT7Medicine & Health
    長ちょう時じ間かん働はたらくことは、健けん康こうに悪あく影えい響きょうを及およぼす可か能のう性せいがある。

    Working long hours can have a negative impact on health.

    KMT7Work & CareerMedicine & Health
    新あたらしいシステムは、以い前ぜんよりも効こう率りつ的てきに働はたらくようになった。

    The new system has started to function more efficiently than before.

    KMT7TechnologyWork & Career
    彼かれの言こと葉ばが私わたしの心こころに強つよく働はたらいた。

    His words strongly affected my heart.

    KMT8Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    働
    はたら.く…(1)
    work・(kokuji)
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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