働はたらき

noun

performance; achievement; ability; contribution

Used for how well someone does in a role or situation: their performance, contribution, or demonstrated ability.

• 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.

noun

earnings; income; salary

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.

noun

function; working; action; operation

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

• この薬くすりの働はたらきで痛いたみが和やわらいだ。

  The action of this medicine eased the pain.

• この部ぶ品ひんは安あん全ぜん装そう置ちの働はたらきをしている。

  This part functions as a safety device.

noun

conjugation; inflection

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.