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  2. 働く

はたらく

働く

to work

hataraku

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Meanings

  1. 1
    to work; to labor; to labouru-verb (く)intransitive
  2. 2
    to function; to operate; to be effectiveu-verb (く)intransitive
  3. 3
    to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to dou-verb (く)intransitive

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Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
働きますはたらきます
はたらきます
Polite Past (~mashita)
働きましたはたらきました
はたらきました
Polite Negative (~masen)
働きませんはたらきません
はたらきません
Plain Negative (~nai)
働かないはたらかない
はたらかない
Te-form (Connecting)
働いてはたらいて
はたらいて
Plain Past (~ta)
働いたはたらいた
はたらいた
Potential (Can do)
働けるはたらける
はたらける

In a sentence

彼(かれ)は5(ご)時間(じかん)以上(いじょう)もぶっ続け(ぶっつづけ)で働い(はたらい)た。

He worked more than five hours on end.

Written with

  • 働work13 strokes

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