Work

"Work" in Japanese

ワーク

wāku

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

仕事

shigoto

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

仕事

shigoto

(physics: measure of energy expended in moving an object)

仕事場

shigotoba

(place where one is employed)

作品

sakuhin

(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

作業

sagyō

(effort expended on a particular task)

労働

rōdō

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

労働

rōdō

(effort expended on a particular task)

労力

rōryoku

(effort expended on a particular task)

職業

shokugyō

(labour, employment, occupation, job)

著作

chosaku

(literary, artistic, or intellectual production)

働かせる

hatarakaseru

(to set into action — see also operate)

働かせる

hatarakaseru

(to use or manipulate)

働かせる

hatarakaseru

(to force to work)

働きかける

hatarakikakeru

(to influence)

働く

hataraku

(to do a specific task)

起こす

okosu

(to cause to happen — see also produce, motivate)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.