JLPT N3 · Noun

働き (hataraki)

働き (はたらき, hataraki) is a Japanese noun meaning “work; labor”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
はたらき
Romaji
hataraki
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. work; labor; labour · noun
  2. achievement; performance; ability; talent · noun
  3. salary; income; earnings · noun
  4. action; activity; workings; function; operation · noun
  5. conjugation; inflection · noun · also written as 活

Example sentences

あなたの働きに応じて賃金が支払われる。
You will be paid according to your work.
心臓の働きは血液を送り出す事である。
The function of the heart is to pump blood.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 働き

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 働き.

Source: JMdict entry 1451040 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.