彼かれの働はたらきで、チームは決けっ勝しょうに進すすんだ。
Thanks to his contribution, the team advanced to the final.
新しん人じんとは思おもえない働はたらきを見みせた。
She performed so well that you would not think she was a newcomer.

Less common in modern everyday speech than 稼ぎ or 収入; often understood as the money one earns through work.

昔むかしは働はたらきが少すくなく、家か計けいはいつも苦くるしかった。
In those days, earnings were low, and the household budget was always tight.

Describes what a body part, device, substance, part, or system does: its function, action, or way of operating.

Specialized linguistics or grammar terminology for word-form change; this sense may also be written as 活.

古ふるい文ぶん法ぽう書しょでは、「働はたらき」を活かつ用よう・語ご形けい変へん化かの意い味みで用もちいることがある。
In older grammar books, 働き may be used to mean conjugation or inflection.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が働はたらきに出でるfor someone to go out to work
母ははは子こ供どもが大おおきくなってから働はたらきに出でるようになった。
My mother started going out to work once her children had grown up.
〈人ひと〉の働はたらきが認みとめられるfor someone's contribution/performance to be recognized
彼かの女じょの働はたらきが認みとめられて、昇しょう進しんした。
Her contribution was recognized, and she was promoted.
〈物もの〉に〈事こと〉という働はたらきがあるfor something to have a certain function or effect
この薬くすりには炎えん症しょうを抑おさえる働はたらきがある。
This medicine has the function of reducing inflammation.
目め立だった働はたらきをするto put in a notable performance
試し合あいで彼かれは目め立だった働はたらきをした。
He put in a standout performance in the match.
〈物もの〉の働はたらきが弱よわまるfor the function of something to weaken
年ねんを取とると肝かん臓ぞうの働はたらきが弱よわまる。
As people age, the liver's function weakens.

Expressions

仕し事ごとN5sense 1
仕事 is the general word for work, a job, or a task, while 働き more often points to the act of working, one's contribution, or a thing's function.
機き能のうN3sense 4
機能 describes a function in a technical or systematic sense, while 働き is used more naturally for how organs, medicine, or devices actually act.
稼かせぎ sense 3
稼ぎ is the everyday word for earnings, while 働き in this sense sounds older or more literary.
労ろう働どうN3sense 1
労働 is a formal, often legal or economic term for labor, whereas 働き is broader and used in everyday speech.
作さ用ようN2
働き is the everyday word for a function or activity (of people or machines), while 作用 is the more technical, abstract term used in scientific contexts.

働はたらきかけ
働き means work, function, or effect, while 働きかけ specifically means an act of influencing or urging someone.

Nominalized form of the verb 働く, meaning to work. The kanji spelling is conventionally associated with work and labor.

か

ける

work on; appeal to or lobby; exert influence on · begin to work

worker; breadwinner; supporter · able person; productive worker; capable hand

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