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働き掛ける (hatarakikakeru) Japanese meaning: work on | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 50,000 Conjugation 働き掛ける · ichidan verb
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 働はたら き 掛か ける 働はたら き 掛か けない Polite 働はたら き 掛か けます 働はたら き 掛か けません Past polite 働はたら き 掛か けました 働はたら き 掛か けませんでした Past 働はたら き 掛か けた 働はたら き 掛か けなかった Te-form 働はたら き 掛か けて 働はたら き 掛か けないで Desire 働はたら き 掛か けたい 働はたら き 掛か けたくない Potential 働はたら き 掛か けられる also 働はたら き 掛か けれる 働はたら き 掛か けられない also 働はたら き 掛か けれない Passive 働はたら き 掛か けられる 働はたら き 掛か けられない Causative 働はたら き 掛か けさせる 働はたら き 掛か けさせない Causative passive 働はたら き 掛か けさせられる 働はたら き 掛か けさせられない Volitional 働はたら き 掛か けよう Polite volitional 働はたら き 掛か けましょう Imperative 働はたら き 掛か けろ 働はたら き 掛か けるな Conditional 働はたら き 掛か ければ 働はたら き 掛か けなければ Tara conditional 働はたら き 掛か けたら 働はたら き 掛か けなかったら
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The citizens' group urged the city to review the ordinance.
This medicine acts on the nerves and eases pain.
Usage patterns 〈 相あい 手て 〉 に 働はたら きかける to approach or lobby someone (a person or organization)
The labor union lobbied the management.
〈 相あい 手て 〉 に 〈 事こと 〉 を 働はたら きかける to lobby someone for something
The industry association lobbied the government for deregulation.
〈 相あい 手て 〉 に 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 よう 働はたら きかける to lobby or urge someone to do something
The government urged companies to raise wages.
〈 物もの 〉 が 〈 相あい 手て 〉 に 働はたら きかける for something (a drug, force, policy) to act on or influence a target
This medicine acts on the brain to relieve pain.
積せっ 極きょく 的てき に 働はたら きかける to actively work on or approach someone
The city is actively reaching out to residents.
Transitive / intransitive 働きかける is used intransitively with just a target marked by に (政府に働きかける, 'to lobby the government'), and transitively when a goal or content is added with を (政府に規制緩和を働きかける, 'to lobby the government for deregulation').
Related words 促す means to urge or prompt someone directly and often quickly, while 働きかける suggests a sustained effort to approach or influence a target over time.
呼びかける means to call out or appeal publicly to a group, whereas 働きかける can describe private, political, institutional, or even non-human causal influence on a target.
圧力をかける specifically means to apply pressure on someone, while 働きかける is more neutral and can include gentle persuasion as well as pressure.
働きかける means to actively lobby or exert influence on someone to get them to act, while 訴えかける focuses on stirring their feelings or reason through an appeal.
Don't confuse with 働く simply means to work or function, while 働きかける (built from the same kanji) means to actively approach or exert influence on a target.
働かせる means to make something/someone work or to exert a faculty, whereas 働きかける means to actively influence or approach someone despite the similar-looking kanji.
Written forms 働はたら き 掛か ける Usage 7%
Attested high-priority spelling, common in news and formal writing.
働はたら きかける Usage 86%
Common mixed spelling; かける in compound verbs is often written in kana in modern Japanese.
はたらきかける Usage 7%
Etymology A compound of 働き, the continuative stem of 働く, and 掛ける or かける. The main modern sense developed as directing action or influence toward a target; the rare 'begin to work' sense reflects かける as an auxiliary meaning 'to begin to do'.
