働く
N5はたらく hataraku
- to work
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
工作;运转
Examples
- スイッチは時間通りに働かなかった。The switch didn't work on time.开关没有按时起作用。
- 先生はここで働いているのだろう。I wonder if the teacher works here.老师应该在这里工作。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9ea671262d'); // 働く
{
"id": "9ea671262d",
"word": "働く",
"reading": "はたらく",
"romaji": "hataraku",
"meanings": [
"to work"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"v5k",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1451150,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "スイッチは時間通りに働かなかった。",
"furigana": "スイッチは{時間通|じかんどお}りに{働|はたら}かなかった。",
"en": "The switch didn't work on time.",
"tatoeba_id": 215137
},
{
"ja": "先生はここで働いているのだろう。",
"furigana": "{先生|せんせい}はここで{働|はたら}いているのだろう。",
"en": "I wonder if the teacher works here.",
"tatoeba_id": 141700
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "9d24f6a0a43368d85060d5ea048f273e78a925d5cc561b2367c91520cdbaea59",
"meanings": [
"工作;运转"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "スイッチは時間通りに働かなかった。",
"zh": "开关没有按时起作用。"
},
{
"ja": "先生はここで働いているのだろう。",
"zh": "老师应该在这里工作。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/9ea671262d",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "a9bd25a6a776f3fb2c2f7ca2404892cfb5661aabea604b48394e3a7bd54b4dc5"
}
}