noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
Refers to labor performed without monetary compensation, often implying exploitation or voluntary unpaid work.
彼は会社でただ働きさせられている。
He is being made to work without pay at the company.
ボランティアはただ働きだ。
Volunteering is unpaid work.
Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling.
Emphatic katakana spelling for ただ, common in informal writing.
Rarely used kanji form for ただ.
Compound of ただ (free, without cost) and 働き (work, nominal form of 働く).