Japanese symbol for “conjugation”
働き
はたらき
Romaji: hataraki
work; labor; labour
In Japanese, conjugation is 働き, read はたらき (hataraki).
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Meanings
- n work; labor; labour
- n achievement; performance; ability; talent
- n salary; income; earnings
- n action; activity; workings; function; operation; movement
- n conjugation; inflection (ling)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “conjugation”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 活用 | かつよう katsuyou | conjugation; inflection |
| 変化 | へんか henka | inflection; declension; conjugation |
| 合体 | がったい gattai | conjugation (of gametes) |
| 共役 | きょうやく kyouyaku | conjugation; conjugate |
| 接合 | せつごう setsugou | conjugation |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 労働 | ろうどう roudou | labor; labour; work |
| 稼働 | かどう kadou | operation (of a machine); running |
| 労働省 | ろうどうしょう roudoushou | Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) |
| 共働き | ともばたらき tomobataraki | (husband and wife) both working; dual income |
| 労働党 | ろうどうとう roudoutou | Labour Party; Labor Party |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.