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