JLPT N5 · Verb

働く (hataraku)

働く (はたらく, hataraku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to work; to labor”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: はたらく
Romaji: hataraku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

to work; to labor; to labour · godan verb, intransitive
to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play · godan verb, intransitive
to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise · godan verb, intransitive
to be conjugated · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

彼は５時間以上もぶっ続けで働いた。

He worked more than five hours on end.

Tatoeba #115070

スイッチは時間通りに働かなかった。

The switch didn't work on time.

Tatoeba #215137

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

Conjugation of 働く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	働く	はたらく hataraku
Polite (~masu)	働きます	はたらきます hatarakimasu
Negative	働かない	はたらかない hatarakanai
Polite negative	働きません	はたらきません hatarakimasen
Past	働いた	はたらいた hataraita
Polite past	働きました	はたらきました hatarakimashita
Negative past	働かなかった	はたらかなかった hatarakanakatta
Te-form	働いて	はたらいて hataraite
Potential	働ける	はたらける hatarakeru
Passive	働かれる	はたらかれる hatarakareru
Causative	働かせる	はたらかせる hatarakaseru
Volitional	働こう	はたらこう hatarakou
Imperative	働け	はたらけ hatarake
Conditional (~ba)	働けば	はたらけば hatarakeba

Kanji in 働く

働

work, (kokuji)ドウ・はたら.く · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 働く.

労働ろうどうlabor働きはたらきwork共働きともばたらき(husband and wife) both working

Source: JMdict entry 1451150 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.