Japanese symbol for “practise”
働く
はたらく
Romaji: hataraku
to work; to labor; to labour
In Japanese, practise is 働く, read はたらく (hataraku).
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Meanings
- v5k, vi to work; to labor; to labour
- v5k, vi to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
- v5k, vi to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
- v5k, vi to be conjugated (ling)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “practise”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 遣る | やる yaru | to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in |
| 復習う | さらう sarau | to review; to rehearse; to practise |
| 復習える | さらえる saraeru | to review; to rehearse; to practise |
| 練習を積む | れんしゅうをつむ renshuuotsumu | to practice; to practise; to train |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 労働 | ろうどう roudou | labor; labour; work |
| 働き | はたらき hataraki | work; labor; labour |
| 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.