働き|はたらきhataraki[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounwork; labor; labour
   あなたの働はたらきに応おうじて賃金ちんぎんが支払しはらわれる。↗

   You will be paid according to your work.
2. nounachievement; performance; ability; talent
3. nounsalary; income; earnings
4. nounaction; activity; workings; function; operation; movement; motion
   心臓しんぞうの働はたらきは血液けつえきを送り出おくりだす事ことである。↗

   The function of the heart is to pump blood.
5. noun, linguisticsconjugation; inflectionalso written as 活

• Synonym営みいとなみWrittenWritten style for a person's livelihood or daily activities, also the workings of nature (「日々の営み」「自然の営み」); 「働き」 leans toward concrete work and effects.
• Synonym活動かつどうNeutralActivity or action in the broadest sense, from school clubs to volcanoes (「部活動」「火山活動」).
• Synonym作用さようNeutralAn effect one thing has on another (「副作用」「化学作用」); mostly in scientific or technical contexts.
• Related役割やくわりNeutralAn assigned role or part (「重要な役割を果たす」); stresses one's share in a division of duties rather than work itself.
• Related機能きのうNeutralThe function of a machine, organ, or system (「機能を果たす」); a technical-sounding word, not everyday work.
• Related役目やくめNeutralA duty one is expected to carry out (「役目を終える」); more colloquial than 「役割」.
• Related用ようNeutralBusiness to attend to or usefulness (「用がある」「用を足す」); unlike 「働き」, it does not denote labor.
• Antonym休みやすみNeutralRest, a break, or a holiday; the opposite side of working.
• Antonym怠けCasualIdling or shirking work; a colloquial word for the opposite of diligent work.

「働き」 covers work, labor, and its results or effects, as in 「頭の働き」. For an assigned role choose 「役割」 or 「役目」, for the function of machines or organs 「機能」, and for scientific effects 「作用」. 「休み」 is its opposite, meaning rest.

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1. 働はたらくこと。仕事しごとをすること。労働ろうどうすること。
2. 働はたらくことにより生しょうずる成果せいか・実績じっせき。
3. 物事ものごとの果はたす機能きのう・作用さよう。
4. 活用かつよう。