► 動詞
動く [(2)うごく] meaning: work rank: 1
☆ この機械は壊れていて動かない ⇨ This machine is broken and won’t work
☆ どうも頭が動かない ⇨ My brain is not working somehow
利く [(2)きく] meaning: work rank: 1
☆ あそこの店はつけが利く ⇨ I can put it on my tab at that store
☆ うちの祖父は体の自由が利かない ⇨ My grandfather has trouble with his motor skills
☆ この車は小回りが利く ⇨ This car can make tight turns
☆ 保険はレンタカーにも利く ⇨ The insurance works on a rent-a-car too
☆ 年をとると体の無理が利かない ⇨ When you get old your body won’t work overloaded, overtime
☆ 彼は融通が利かない ⇨ His flexibility, resourcefulness, doesn’t work. He is not flexible, resourceful, tactful
効く [(2)きく] meaning: work rank: 1
☆ この料理はスパイスが効いている ⇨ You can really taste the spice in this dish (☛ Have an effect)
☆ この薬は全然効かない ⇨ This medication doesn’t work at all (☛ Have an effect)
☆ ボディーブローが段々効いてきている ⇨ The body shots are gradually taking effects (☛ Have an effect)
働く [はたらく] meaning: work rank: 1
☆ あいつは悪知恵だけは働く ⇨ He has ingenuity only for evil things
☆ どうも頭が働かない ⇨ My brain is not working
☆ 彼は週末も休まず働いている ⇨ He works even on weekends without taking days off
回る [まわる] [coll] meaning: work rank: 1
☆ あんなやり方でよく会社が回るもんだ ⇨ I wonder how that company functions, survives, when they do business the way they do
☆ 今日はどうも頭が回らない ⇨ Somehow my brain doesn’t run, work, today
☆ 酒が回ってきた ⇨ The alcohol has started working on me. I am getting drunk
☆ 酔うと舌が回らなくなる ⇨ When you get drunk your tongue won’t work well, your speech gets slurred
利かす [きかす] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 香辛料を利かせた料理 ⇨ A cuisine that makes good use of spices
作業 [(1)さぎょう] [作業する] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 事故が起きた時工場では百人の人が作業していた ⇨ 100 people were working at the factory when the accident happened (☛ A specific task, typically manual labor)
作動 [さどう] [作動する] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ このエンジンのバルブは空気の圧力で作動する ⇨ The valves of this engine is activated by air pressure (☛ Mechanical things to work)
☆ 火事が起こった時警報が作動しなかった ⇨ The alarm didn’t work when the fire started (☛ Mechanical things to work)
☆ 火災報知器が突然作動した ⇨ The fire alarm got suddenly activated (☛ Mechanical things to work)
働かす [はたらかす] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ もう少し頭を働かせろ！ ⇨ Make your brain work a little more! Use your brain!
冴える [(2)さえる] meaning: work rank: 3
☆ 今日は頭が冴えている ⇨ Today I feel my brain is sharp
成り立つ [なりたつ] meaning: work rank: 3
☆ 儲けが無くては商売は成り立たない ⇨ The business cannot exist, function, without profits (☛ Function as something valid)
利かせる [きかせる] meaning: work rank: 4
☆ 香辛料を利かせた料理 ⇨ A cuisine that makes good use of spices
動作 [(1)どうさ] [動作する] meaning: work rank: 4
☆ この装置はマイナス30度では動作しなかった ⇨ This device didn’t function at minus 30C (☛ Mechanical things to work)
► 成句
手 [て] [手が掛かる] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 子供の世話には手が掛かる ⇨ Taking care of children is a lot of work
► 名詞
作品 [さくひん] meaning: work rank: 1
☆ ピカソの作品 ⇨ A work of Picasso (☛ A work of art, crafts)
仕事 [しごと] meaning: work rank: 1
☆ 大きな仕事が入った ⇨ We just received a big work order
作 [さく] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ ピカソ作の絵画 ⇨ Paintings by Picasso (☛ Creative work)
☆ 彼の作風は一作ごとに変わる ⇨ His style changes work by work (☛ Creative work)
☆ 彼女の新作はベストセラーになった ⇨ Her new work, novel, has become a bestseller (☛ Creative work)
☆ 彼女は出版社と五作の契約をした ⇨ She signed a five-work contract with the publisher (☛ Creative work)
事務 [(1)じむ] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 彼女は病院で事務の仕事をしている ⇨ She is working in the office, doing administrative work, at a hospital (☛ Office work)
手間 [(2)てま] [手間が掛かる] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 綺麗な芝生を育てるには沢山の手間が掛かる ⇨ It takes a lot of work to grow beautiful lawn (☛ Typically manual work)
手間 [(2)てま] [手間が要る] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ この米は洗う手間が要らない ⇨ There is no need to wash this rice (before cooking) (☛ Typically manual work)
働き [はたらき] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 彼は働きを認められて昇進した ⇨ His work was recognized and he got promoted
働き者 [はたらきもの] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 働き者がバカを見る社会 ⇨ Society where hard workers get exploited (☛ Not “worker, laborer”, but a hard worker)
回り [まわり] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 今日はなんか酒の回りが早い ⇨ Today alcohol somehow affects me more than usual
労働 [ろうどう] [liter] meaning: work rank: 2
☆ 労働組合 ⇨ A labor union (☛ Labor under employment, or coercion)
☆ 肉体労働 ⇨ Physical labor (☛ Labor under employment, or coercion)
業務 [(1)ぎょうむ] [liter] meaning: work rank: 3
☆ 業務用洗剤 ⇨ An commercial, industrial, detergent
☆ 当社の業務内容 ⇨ The services our company provides (☛ Work, services, provided by a business)
仕業 [しわざ] meaning: work rank: 3
☆ これはあいつの仕業に違いない ⇨ This must be his work. It must be him who did this (☛ Typically wrongdoing)
力作 [りきさく] meaning: work rank: 3
☆ 彼の壮大な歴史を描いた力作 ⇨ His tour-de-force on grand history
大仕事 [(3)おおしごと] meaning: work rank: 4
☆ この会社を再建するのは大仕事だ ⇨ It is a monumental work to rebuild this company (☛ A big, difficult work)
公務 [(1)こうむ] meaning: work rank: 4
☆ 公務執行妨害罪 ⇨ An obstruction of official business
仕掛り [しかかり] [tech] meaning: work rank: 4
☆ 仕掛品 ⇨ Work in progress (☛ An industrial, accounting, term)
執務 [(1)しつむ] meaning: work rank: 4
☆ 首相の執務室 ⇨ The work room, office, of the prime minister
使い [つかい] [御使い] meaning: work rank: 4
☆ ちょっと御使い行って来て (おつかい) ⇨ Hey, run some errand for me (☛ Errands, usually children do for their parents)
手間暇 [(3)てまひま] meaning: work rank: 4
☆ 彼女が手間暇かけて育てた野菜 ⇨ The vegetables she has grown with a lot of care and time